Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . plain,hidden in a narrow valley between the Aradansk rangeand the main Syansk, it owes its existence solely to thepresence of gold-mines and to the fact that it lies on theonly open road, which connects the province of Yeniseiskwith the Upper Yenisei basin and Mongolia beyond. Wehad reason to study the land-features very minutely, insearching for the best way to reach those further Usinsk route seemed to be the only authorized official dealings with the frontier were in the handsof
Unknown Mongolia : a record of travel and exploration in north-west Mongolia and Dzungaria . plain,hidden in a narrow valley between the Aradansk rangeand the main Syansk, it owes its existence solely to thepresence of gold-mines and to the fact that it lies on theonly open road, which connects the province of Yeniseiskwith the Upper Yenisei basin and Mongolia beyond. Wehad reason to study the land-features very minutely, insearching for the best way to reach those further Usinsk route seemed to be the only authorized official dealings with the frontier were in the handsof the Russian Natchalnik in that town. All travellersand traders have need to pass through it, and to taketheir permits from that official. In point of fact, thisline of communication is the most direct, but by nomeans the easiest. From Minnusinsk a cart-track leads southwards forabout eighty-three miles, as far as the village of Gre-gorievski (or Dzelome); from there a rough trail runs overthe Aradansk range, an offshoot of the main Syansk,to Usinsk. From this town two routes lead to the. A SIBERIAN COLONIST.
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