Trains run from Manchuria Chita only twice a week so we had to spend two nights and a day in a hotel of which the Jess said the better. We were glad to leave for the train about three hours before it was scheduled to depart. This time was not too much because again there were passports to be visaed, customs—_ examinations, tickets to be bought, baggage to put aboard, food to be provided, ete. And if there is anything slower than the Chinese in such matters it is a combination of the Chinese and the Russians of the railway zone.
Travel in the Far Eastern Republic comes high. From Manchuria to Chita, a distance of about 450 versts or 300 miles, the first class fare is Rls. 39.40 gold, about $40 Mex. In -addition to this_all baggage above ten pounds is Ris. 3 a pood or about ten cents a pound. The cars are considerably dilapidated, many windows broken,
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