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the world, convinces me that the English bagman, as a rule, 

 is inferior in education, industry and sobriety to his German 

 and Scandinavian confreres. 



The Academy of Sciences (Akademia Naok\ which will 

 be open to the public in about a year's time, is a vast treasure- 

 house of scientific facts. Wanting to investigate the question 

 whether either the Tarpan or Prejevalsky's wild horse is or 



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FIG. 22. An Izvozchik. 



[M. H. H. 



is not a missing link between the ordinary animal (Equus 

 caballus] and the ass, striped or plain, I sought admittance 

 into the natural history section of this museum, and succeeded 

 in passing through its doors, thanks to the kindness of the 

 Director and Curator, Dr. Buchner. I may explain that the 

 Tarpans are a wild breed of ponies which are found in Siberia 

 and in Central Asia. The Russian naturalist, Poliakof, 



