Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . A OAilP IN THE STEPPES. HARPERS NEW MONTHLY A TATAK CARAVAN. nishes serve to present a clear idea of the sceneryand physical character of the country, and of theaspect and manners of its inhabitants. Through-out the whole of his travels Mr. Atkinson jour-neyed under the protection of a special permitof the Czar, which secured to him the assistanceof the Russian officials and of the nomadic few sketches, taken almost at random, willillustrate the interest of the book. The general aspect of the steppes is that of
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 21 June to November 1860 . A OAilP IN THE STEPPES. HARPERS NEW MONTHLY A TATAK CARAVAN. nishes serve to present a clear idea of the sceneryand physical character of the country, and of theaspect and manners of its inhabitants. Through-out the whole of his travels Mr. Atkinson jour-neyed under the protection of a special permitof the Czar, which secured to him the assistanceof the Russian officials and of the nomadic few sketches, taken almost at random, willillustrate the interest of the book. The general aspect of the steppes is that of animmense plain, or rather series of plains, inter-sected by volcanic ranges, and skirted by loftymountains from which extensive views are ob-tained. Mr. Atkinson thus describes the scene,as beheld from one of these points : After riding about an hour, we reached thesummit of a hill whence the vast Asiatic plain laystretched out around me, extending more than2000 miles in length, from the Caspian on thewest to the Barlusk Mountains on the east; itsbreadth is about 1200 miles ; and over this enor-mous space the n
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