NATIVE BURIAL CROSS 



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as natives told us, the best sable-hunting grounds of the 

 district, we presently branched off northward, gradually 

 ascending the valley of a small tributary of the Bol- 



A BURIAL CROSb AT NAICHIKI. 



shaia River, the Soka, which meanders through tall 

 snowy cotton-grass, and after having crossed another 

 low divide, halted at midday to rest our ponies. We 

 were all drenched by the incessant downpour, and lit 



