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THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE.

"Quite likely you have," was the answer. "Nertchinsk and its gold-mines have a prominent place in the history of Siberian exile. Would you like to hear about it?"

"Of course we would," the youths eagerly responded. It was agreed that the journey through Siberia should be suspended until the new subject was disposed of.


VALLEY OF THE AMOOR ABOVE OUK-SE-ME.