Thro Russian gentlemen, one of them assed through here a few days ago. accompanied by his wife, were, us we understand, on a_ zoological ' expedition in Mongolian Tibet. This was the second or third journey of the kind which they had undertaken.
On_ this last one, the lady was taken ill and they sought to make their way to Peking, but finally turned and came down the river which empties into the Yangtze at Chungking. At Paoning they were fortunate enough to find a couple of missionary ladies about to come down, The Russian lady had her third stroke of paralysis and was almost if not quite unconscious.
not necessary to add that she was sadly in need of the service which was now so freely rendered. The day before about 50 years of age passed away; the reaching Chungking the lady who was
name is Potanin. To make it sadder they were unable to communicate, except to a very limited extent, with either Englishmen or Chinese. The coffin was placed upon a boat and they have taken up their sad journey by way of Shanghai hack to Siberia where the body is to be interred.
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