Christmas in Monijolia. 



Pekin. His remarks on the various contingents engaged were 

 very amusing. He eulogised the British, American and Japanese 

 contingents, and extolled their marching and campaigning 

 abilities as of a high order. 



I spent Christmas Eve quietly, glad of the rest and relaxation 

 from marching through this ice-bound country, although not free 

 from worry, for Giyani had been ailing since the 21st, and was 

 now in the throes of bodily aches and pains, so I had taken 



KAZAK WOMEN IN THE MONGOLIAN ALTAI. 



liim into my room to nurse him back to health. Again my lack 

 of medical knowledge prevented a diagnosis of his case with any 

 degree of certainty. He complained of severe pains in the 

 stomach and head, so I dosed him with chlorodyne and other 

 suitable medicines, which gave some relief, though it was an 

 anxious time for another three days with his temperature rising 

 and falling in the most perplexing manner. 



Christmas Day dawned bright and clear to the wanderer 

 in these bleak and windy wilds, far from the madding crowd. In 



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