All the soldiers and civilians Mr, Souvoroff met in his journey were Kind and helpful, although be was somewhat incommoded' by the crowds which gathered and could not understand the reason for his peculiar mode of travel. The hotel accommodation was once he had to sleep twice in houses in Chinese villages. He met no bandits or robbers.
The pony, a little white fellow, very fit in. spite of his strenuous labours, did not catch cold in spite of his repeated immersions—between Quinsan and Shanghai on the return Journey there were eighteen fords: his name, Almas in Russian, means Diamond. He had one slight mishap when he fell off a single stone bridge which slanted at an impossible angle even for a Manchurian pony, but as Mr. Souvoroft was leading him and expected the accident he did not take his master; with hin. On the whole Almas worked from eight to twelve hours: daily, covering a distance of 700 miles in sixteen days, with a rider weighing 128 Th. and a total saddle weight of about 16 Ib. Almas is just an ordinary school pony and can See es Ses
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