passengers: who Siberian train and As to. scenery country From very hilly, the seven British, and a one Fre rom Manel amber of Japanest the bit 9 peans were put riage by ourselves, From Harbi to Manchuli was a run of 24 hours only and a Russian conductor wavelled with this train to give any assistance necessary. He was mainly responsible for our passing Chrough the Customs at Manchuli without any trouble whatever. all more or less flat cot just one kanye with only here roups of birch fr in the nove, relieve the The Dininig Car Switched Of We changed at Manchuli and started the Siberian trip proper from there, and all would have well hud not the dining ear been sivitehet off our train only two days out from this station; from thence in our trip, might well be said 69 have been spoilt. We had hereatter to purchase our food and drinks at the stations as we moved along, waiting "some days for our first drink Of tea as late as 11 a.m! the shores ut the told th The important vis the Russian, Polish, trains usually carried a utensil Sh th hot water with but our train not have one on board. Hot to above, cust me G0 Harbin doll water was obtainable at all the present exchange te 0 50 stations "but it was not always wangha} dollars, The Polish drinkable, Milk could be got too could be got at short notice and ut not too clean. We had there-cost only $2, whilst the Japai fore to get used to drinking hot tea transit visa obtainable served in a glass and very weak tea at that, We could buy cooked fowls, roast veal and boiled eggs but we found their thick soup calfed Customs Examinations bbortsch, consisting of meat and At Manchuli we got through vegetable, most satisfying. And so thout any difieulty, but the wwe travelled along spending our time at the stations foraging for provisions which one might treat 2 picnic but it could hardly be called a pleasure trip. Another morning we discovered that a second class Russian frontier just before ing Russia an in Poland, the offic there were very keen Jon searching for document paganda against the Sov front. A London guide. book of
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