. The Russian road to China . s the river — a fullverst to the northern bank. We mount the inclinethat leads up the slope, and come to the first loghouses of the poorer quarter of Irkutsk dogs bark feebly, and slink away on eitherside. The street is almost deserted; the houses giveno sign of life. Suddenly we come into a square crowded withpeople, gay with life and motion, and motley incolors. It fairly buzzes with talk and cries andchaffering. Low-built booths face every side of theopen piazza. We catch a glimpse of one stockedwith hardware. Opposite it stands a little shrinewithin
. The Russian road to China . s the river — a fullverst to the northern bank. We mount the inclinethat leads up the slope, and come to the first loghouses of the poorer quarter of Irkutsk dogs bark feebly, and slink away on eitherside. The street is almost deserted; the houses giveno sign of life. Suddenly we come into a square crowded withpeople, gay with life and motion, and motley incolors. It fairly buzzes with talk and cries andchaffering. Low-built booths face every side of theopen piazza. We catch a glimpse of one stockedwith hardware. Opposite it stands a little shrinewithin which are dimly visible pictured saints andthe Madonna, before which are scores of burningtapers. Our isvoschik takes off his hat as he drivespast, and reverently makes the sign of the crosses himself also as he passes the whitechurch of St. Nicholas with its green roofs and gildedcrosses, and he removes his cap to the long-hairedand dark-robed pope that he meets, for the Siberianpays much reverence to his THE ANGARA RIVER
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