Every two or three hours they stopped at one of the small settle ments along the river, where both the Russians and the Buriats proved to very hospitable. As he had been careful to bring a good supply of tea fand sugar with him, he was particuarly welcomed by the Russians, many of whom had tasted neither for many "Atter both driver and traveller had] more or less thawed themselves up Deside a blazing fire, they set out again along the river, past cliffs covered with pine trees. The Selenga River presents a rather curious pleture at this time of the year, as although most of it is covered with fee, there are open spaces every few] hundred yards out of which columns of steam rise high in the air, These fre believed to be caused by hot Springs in the Fiver itself. They are lainly visible when driving, however, and the sledge and traveller arrived in Verkne-Udinks tired but} safe, He could not help admiring the sturdy Little horses that drew the
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