After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . on, and a well-supplied library, chieflycontaining works on the Altai, by Tchichatcheff, theRussian traveller, Bunge and Ledebour, the well-known botanists, with splendid plates of the differentplants of the district. I was also struck by the activeinterest which the authorities at Barnaoul take in thewelfare and education of the common people, aninterest which seemed to me to be much above theaverage in comparison with that of European instance, there is a special hall, with a garden DEPARTURE FROM BARNAOUL 35 attached to it, converted
After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . on, and a well-supplied library, chieflycontaining works on the Altai, by Tchichatcheff, theRussian traveller, Bunge and Ledebour, the well-known botanists, with splendid plates of the differentplants of the district. I was also struck by the activeinterest which the authorities at Barnaoul take in thewelfare and education of the common people, aninterest which seemed to me to be much above theaverage in comparison with that of European instance, there is a special hall, with a garden DEPARTURE FROM BARNAOUL 35 attached to it, converted into a public committee has been formed with the view ofencouraging theatrical performances for the commonpeople, and several elementary schools are kept andmaintained by this association. After having bade adieu to our hosts, we leftBarnaoul, as we had decided, early on June 3rd,provided with detailed maps through General Boldy-reffs kind attention, and in his own comfortablecarriage, which he lent us till we reached 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
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