After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . ARRIVAL AT KOSH-AGATCH. CHAPTER II. From Barnaoul through Bisk and Ongudai to Kosh-Agatch (Siberianfrontier)—Tarantass—Bad Roads —Bisk—First sight of the AltaiMountains—The Maralnik, or Deer Park at Shebalina—Kalmuks—Ongudai—Russian Police Official, M. Meyer—Preparations atOngudai—Tchouia Valley—Singular Performance of Native Priest—Kosh-Agatch— Customs Official — Zaissan Semion — Taba — DuckShooting. The distance between Barnaoul and Bisk is 150versts, or about 120 miles. The country presentsthe aspect of low, rolling, grassy steppes, throughwhich
After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . ARRIVAL AT KOSH-AGATCH. CHAPTER II. From Barnaoul through Bisk and Ongudai to Kosh-Agatch (Siberianfrontier)—Tarantass—Bad Roads —Bisk—First sight of the AltaiMountains—The Maralnik, or Deer Park at Shebalina—Kalmuks—Ongudai—Russian Police Official, M. Meyer—Preparations atOngudai—Tchouia Valley—Singular Performance of Native Priest—Kosh-Agatch— Customs Official — Zaissan Semion — Taba — DuckShooting. The distance between Barnaoul and Bisk is 150versts, or about 120 miles. The country presentsthe aspect of low, rolling, grassy steppes, throughwhich wind the two great tributaries of the Ob,the Bia and the Katoun, the former flowing outof Lake Teletzkoie (the largest lake in the Altaidistrict), the latter drawing its sources from the36. SOURCE OF THE KATOlN. FERRY-BOATS 39
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