Identifier: inuttermosteastb00hawe (find matches)
Title: In the uttermost East, being an account of investigations among the natives and Russian convicts of the island of Sakhalin, with notes of travel in Korea, Siberia, and Manchuria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Hawes, Charles Henry, 1867-1943
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Publisher: London, Harper
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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structure there was no rail,and should the horses swerve to either side, a tiltingof the poles would land us, cart, baggage and all, in themountain-stream below. There was not wanting a furtheraddition to the excitement of negotiating these bridges.No attempt had been made at graduating the steep sidesof the ravines, and our primitive vehicle boasted no brake.There was, therefore, nothing to be done but to let gofull speed down the steeps, and take the bridge at a gallopin order to surmount the slopes on the other side. Itwas more than exciting, calculating the chances, at expressspeed, of our striking the middle of the bridge which laybelow, shrouded in darkness. Two hours of this exhilaratingkind of travel brought us to the settlement of Uskovo.This was a village rather larger than the usual, containingabout two hundred souls, and we decided to try andfind shelter there. Compared with the flickering dips in the other cottages,the first house of the village was aglow with light, and
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A RIDE THROUGH THE TAIGA 313 rightly guessing that it was the overseers, we found himfull of alacrity in offering hospitality to the eminenttravellers. Our driver was stowed in a loft, and we wereled into the family sitting and bedroom, where a stovewas quickly lighted, and our wet clothes and rugs hungup to dry. Even the accommodation at the WaldorfAstoria could not compare with the luxury that nightof a warm room, a supper of black bread and butter, anda bed of hay on the floor. Our host enjoyed the magnificent salary of twenty-fiverubles (2$ guineas) per month, and was responsible, asalready mentioned, for the multitudinous duties of theadministration and policing of his district. The cottage was bare and poor-looking according to anEnglish labourers notions, but by the peasants of thevillage regarded as a well-to-do home. There was onlyone bed in the room, on which the overseer and his wifeslept, while their child lay upon a couple of chairs ; andwhen in the morning I paid them th

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