CHAPTER LI.

_LAKE KHANKA TO THE COAST._

Difficulties in prospect.--Appearance of the country.--Vegetation.--Garden produce.--Medicinal plants.--Ginseng.--Country almost uninhabited.--A serious loss and its recovery.--Remarkable landscape.--Distribution of animals in Siberia.--Little-Russian settlers.--Peasant affairs and taxes.--Travelling by night.--Arrival at Rasdolnoi.--Clerical functions in request.--War in the post-house.--Summary of tract distribution.--Russia as a field for Christian effort.--The Suifun.--Cheap travelling.--Baptizing children.--Arrival at Vladivostock 688