Through Siberia

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

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_THE SHILKA._

Departure from Kara.--Parting hospitality.--Ust-Kara police-master.--The head waters of the Shilka.--Collins’s descent of Ingoda.--The Onon.--Formation of Shilka.--Scenery below Stretinsk.--Shilkinsk.--Hospitality of police-master.--Non-arrival of steamer.--Efforts at conversation.--Steaming down the river.--Shilka scenery.--Tributaries from north and south.--Arrival at confluence of Shilka and Argun 480