. The Russian road to China . THE GRl. WALL THE CITY OF THE REBORN GOD 271 have told the wondering Mongol women of thesewing-machines which they have at home to stitchlinings, and have allowed the visitors to peep intotheir mirrors. The Mongol men have admired theBuriats breech-loading rifle, worth six horses atcurrent quotations. They have enviously heard tellthat in Russia one pays no cow-alba, but the youngmen get a uniform and free food when they rideout to give their Cossack service to the Czar. Theyhave listened to Buriat boasts of the warm houses ofSiberia, and stacks of hay, and stored
. The Russian road to China . THE GRl. WALL THE CITY OF THE REBORN GOD 271 have told the wondering Mongol women of thesewing-machines which they have at home to stitchlinings, and have allowed the visitors to peep intotheir mirrors. The Mongol men have admired theBuriats breech-loading rifle, worth six horses atcurrent quotations. They have enviously heard tellthat in Russia one pays no cow-alba, but the youngmen get a uniform and free food when they rideout to give their Cossack service to the Czar. Theyhave listened to Buriat boasts of the warm houses ofSiberia, and stacks of hay, and stored-up Mongols smile when the Buriats come to theirgirs. They say, Rich smooth Buriats! Great lords!Give candle, give sugar, give tobacco, give vodka. Has not a little Zabaikalskaia Buriat reason toswagger when he starts from the Russian barrack-gate to see his lady in Urga ? And should a Cossackof the Czar step aside for a Chinaman in the shadowof the Eagles? Head erect, with a look to rightand then to left, hand on sabre, h
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