Across the Rrxjf of the World. 



in long conversations with Russian officers who called and 

 assisted to make my enforced detention as pleasant as possible, a 

 kindness I sliall e\'er look back upon with unfeigned gratitude. 



When suflicicntly convalescent to venture into the open I 

 availed myself of several invitations to dine with my genial 

 Russian acquaintances, whose efforts to render my lot happy were 

 still further evidenced. 



MY ORDERLY AND A SIBERIAN SOLDIER OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL 

 AT ZAISAN. 



Before leaving Zaisan I paid off Rasul and Yusuf, giving them 

 money, clothes and rations, together with a horse and sledge, to 

 take them to Urumchi, in company with a caravan then starting 

 for Chinese Tartary, on the way to their far-distant homes. 



Rasul had served me well, so it was with feelings of sorrow 

 and regret that I bade him farewell and severed the last link 



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