. The Russian road to China . A CHAPEL. i;«il^KAIA IN IRKUTSK IN IRKUTSK 87 There is an air of placid quiescence at this noonhour. The poHceman at the nearest corner is rum-inatingly handHng his sabre-hilt, and watching thesleighs go by. Here and there a woman, with theubiquitous gray shawl over her head, passes, with apreoccupied air. Sheepskin-clad mujiks are drivingalong, with sledge-loads of firewood or stiffly-frozencarcasses, on their way to the bazaar markets. Theshop-windows attract our gaze. Here is one withthe word Apteka over the door, which is to Benches are s
. The Russian road to China . A CHAPEL. i;«il^KAIA IN IRKUTSK IN IRKUTSK 87 There is an air of placid quiescence at this noonhour. The poHceman at the nearest corner is rum-inatingly handHng his sabre-hilt, and watching thesleighs go by. Here and there a woman, with theubiquitous gray shawl over her head, passes, with apreoccupied air. Sheepskin-clad mujiks are drivingalong, with sledge-loads of firewood or stiffly-frozencarcasses, on their way to the bazaar markets. Theshop-windows attract our gaze. Here is one withthe word Apteka over the door, which is to Benches are set in front of it, on whichone may sit and watch the people pass, as in thechairs before a New England country tavern. Fur-ther along is a solidly built white department store,the Warsawski Magazine, wherein one can get allmanner of apparel, — shawls of the latest Irkutskpattern, towels and soap, and — most important —blankets for the trip into the interior. We stroll infor a moment. An individual looking like a stalwartChinaman
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