A Burnino- Homestead, 



throws one out. But the vehicles are probably the strongest of 

 their class in the world and stand the bumping well. During 

 the whole of my journey through Siberia I never had a sledge 

 break down nor any delay through collision with others. 



I held on all day during the 14th and arrived at the little 

 village of Chistunika that night, being met there by two pohce 

 officers, one of whom was to accompany me in relief of the 

 Ustkhamenogorsk official as far as the railway. 



CAMEL SLEDGES IN SIBERIA. 



There was a fire in this village, a house and shop being a 

 sheet of flame, against which all the efforts of the unfortunate 

 inmates were unavailing, for the water being frozen solid, they 

 could do nothing against the fierce blaze, the light from which 

 threw a lurid glare over the white wilderness around. No one, 

 however, seemed to worry much until the alarm bell 'from the 

 church rang out summoning all hands to the scene. I stayed an 

 hour there but could not do much in view of the utter lack of 

 water, while all the rescue party could effect was the saving of 



