. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across rbidden to stay over-night in Kiachta, butwere lodged at Troitskosavsk, about two miles away. I should say right here, remarked Mr. Hegeman, that my friendand myself were really lodged in Troitskosavsk and not in Kiachta. Thelatter place had about a thousand inhabitants, and the former four or fivethousand. At a distance only Kiachta is mentioned, just as a man maysay he lives in London or New York when his home is really in a suburbof one
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across rbidden to stay over-night in Kiachta, butwere lodged at Troitskosavsk, about two miles away. I should say right here, remarked Mr. Hegeman, that my friendand myself were really lodged in Troitskosavsk and not in Kiachta. Thelatter place had about a thousand inhabitants, and the former four or fivethousand. At a distance only Kiachta is mentioned, just as a man maysay he lives in London or New York when his home is really in a suburbof one of those cities. I have read somewhere, said Fred, that the Russian and Chinese GETTING AROUND THE LAW. 353 Governments stipulated in tlieir treaty that the products and manufacturesof eacli country sliould be exchanged for those of the other, and no moneywas to be used in their commercial transactions. That was the stipulation, said Doctor Bronson, but the merchantssoon found a way to evade it. How was tiiat ? The balance of trade was greatly in favor of China, as the Russianswanted great quantities of tea, while they did not produce or manufacture. ARTICLES OF RUSSIAN MANUFACTURK. many things that the Chinese could use. Furs were the principal articlesof Russian production that tlie Chinese would take, but their demand forthem was not enough to meet the Russian demand for tea. The treatyforbade the use of gold or silver coin under severe penalties, but some-body discovered that it did not prohibit articles of Russian manufacturebeing made of those metals. So they used to melt gold and silver coin,and cast them into Chinese idols which w^ere sold l)y weight. The Gov-ernment prohibited the melting of its coin, and then the merchants boughttheir crude gold and silver directly from the miners. With this sourceof supply always at hand they were able to supply articles of Russianmanufacture without difficulty. As late as 1860 every visitor to Kiachtawas searched, to make sure that
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