After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . ding-place furtheron, made offers for the price of their passage. Thecaptain was demanding i rouble 50 kopecks apiece,shouting from the top of the deck ; the Tartars werewilling to give only 1 rouble 30 kopecks. Finally,after a long and noisy dispute, the bargain was struckat 1 rouble 43 kopecks, and the whole throng pouredin with yells and a strong smell of Russian leatherboots and unwashed humanity. After leaving Kasan we soon branched off fromthe Volga up the Kama, and saw many icebergsfloating down the river. Here the scenery changedas we neare
After wild sheep in the Altai and Mongolia; . ding-place furtheron, made offers for the price of their passage. Thecaptain was demanding i rouble 50 kopecks apiece,shouting from the top of the deck ; the Tartars werewilling to give only 1 rouble 30 kopecks. Finally,after a long and noisy dispute, the bargain was struckat 1 rouble 43 kopecks, and the whole throng pouredin with yells and a strong smell of Russian leatherboots and unwashed humanity. After leaving Kasan we soon branched off fromthe Volga up the Kama, and saw many icebergsfloating down the river. Here the scenery changedas we neared Perm. Both sides of the stream werecovered with beautiful dense fir woods and weather still remained cloudless, and in thebest of spirits we landed at Perm on the 18th ofMay at Although a couple of hours late, we found thatwe were in time for the train, which started at 1 1 also received the good news that our baggagehad left Nijrti by the following steamer, and wouldfind us in three days at Taguil. On the morning. TAGUIL 13 of the 15th of May we reached Taguil and droveto the house. Taguil is the head town, or rather the headvillage, of a vast mining district in the centre ofthe Ural Mountains. It cannot be called a town,not having a municipality, but as regards size it islarger than many towns, and contains over 30,000inhabitants, principally workmen and engineers. Itlies at the foot of the Sheleznaia Gora { ironmountain), one of the richest in iron-ore, and theworks are spread all round it in order to avoidexpenses of transport. Copper is also to be foundwithin a few miles in great abundance, and is meltedat the other end of the village. Platinum and goldare likewise distributed in the neighbourhood. At the head of the village lies a lake about twelvemiles long, into which flows the river Taguil, yielding-considerable water-power for the iron-works. Thecountry round Taguil presents the aspect of lowrolling hills covered with pine, fir, and bir
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