After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . else. Here every peasant is a small proprietor,and the Government land tax is cheerfully paid. In one of the villages our tarantass wheels atlast succumbed to the overwhelming mud, andcaused a long delay. The mud, indeed, was sodeep that all traffic was stopped, and the inhabitantshad great difficulty in wading from one side of thestreet to the other. We reached Bisk in the dark,. MARMOT HUNTING 45 and there found a similar state of things. It tooklis a long time to reach the merchants house whererooms had been prepared for us. The Littledales had
After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . else. Here every peasant is a small proprietor,and the Government land tax is cheerfully paid. In one of the villages our tarantass wheels atlast succumbed to the overwhelming mud, andcaused a long delay. The mud, indeed, was sodeep that all traffic was stopped, and the inhabitantshad great difficulty in wading from one side of thestreet to the other. We reached Bisk in the dark,. MARMOT HUNTING 45 and there found a similar state of things. It tooklis a long time to reach the merchants house whererooms had been prepared for us. The Littledales had already passed on their wayto Ongudai, for which place we decided to startthe next morning. We found the authorities mosthospitable and kind, and the police officials wereplaced at our disposal in case we needed is the second largest town of the district, andis situated on the junction of the Bia and Katoun,which rivers unite to form the Ob a little furtherdown. The impression conveyed to my mind wasthat of a large dirty village. It is the last town ofany importance before reaching- the Siberian frontier,and is inhabited by many Russian merchants whoown the best houses and are well off, owing to theirsuccessful trade in tea and furs. Of late years Sablehas become exceedingly scarce, but Marmots arefound in great numbers in the Altai Mountains, andconstitute a large source of revenue to these merchants,wh
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