CHAPTER XXXV.

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_FROM STRETINSK TO UST-KARA._

Arrival at Stretinsk.--Recorded distances from Petersburg.--Taking in a passenger.--Travelling allowance to officers.--Parting with interpreter.--Farewell to tarantass.--Starting to Kara.--The world before me.--Previous writers on the Amur.--Gliding down the Shilka.--Talking by dumb signs.--My Cossack attendant.--Taking an oar.--How Russians sleep.--Arrival at Ust-Kara 436