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China into Russian territory, and that if he was caught 

 by the Celestial authorities he would be sentenced to 

 death. Whereupon I had him called up, and told 

 him that so long as he remained with us and served 

 us faithfully we should protect him against the Chinese 



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Emperor himself. As for the horses, I said, they 

 would soon recover while resting in a permanent 

 camp, and food would be supplied to the men some- 

 how or other. This seemed to have a cheering effect 

 on them, especially as we expected to find a Kirghiz 

 encampment a few miles higher up, where we could 

 buy some sheep. We struck camp accordingly at 



