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AFTER WILD SHEEP IN THE ALTAI 



the last few miles being accomplished in iarantass, 

 which had been kindly placed at our disposal by our 

 friend the Zassedatel Meyer, who had himself gone 

 away on leave. Here we discovered that during our 

 entire journey we had miscalculated the days of the 

 week, and that Mrs. Littledale, who, as she supposed, 

 had been keeping Sundays most religiously, had by 

 mistake been observing Fridays instead ! We found 

 that our trophies had safely arrived, and had been 

 carted on to Barnaoul. 



IKIMKWARD IIOUM). 



The next day was entirely devoted to paying off 

 our men, and making preparations for the journey 

 back to Barnaoul. We bade farewell to Jacob the 

 demitcka, and on the ioth September finally left 



Ongfoudai en route for Bisk. 



