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—Necessity for adopting more effectual measures of government —They give themselves up to the Chinese and are sent to Kobdo — Captivity there — Release and return to Siberia — They open negotiations with Russian government — Interview with Lieut. Priyésjeff — Empress Catherine II. pardons them — Visit of M. Frintz in 1863 — Villages of Uimon and Koksa— Crossing the Holsun range — Camp in the forest — Bear-huntings adventures — Steep ascent of the pass — Splendid view — Precipitous descent — The Chemovoi or Black Water — Luxuriant vegetation — Apiaries — Valley of the Bukhtarma — Settlement of Sennoi — Bielki, or snowy mountains — Village of Fikalka — Farms of Kamenshiki — Bukhtarma honey — Warm summer — Fur districts — Mode of catching sables — Vagabond habits of Kamenshiki — Their comparison with outlawed communities in America — Conclusion |
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