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Title: A land journey from Asia to Europe : being an account of a camel and sledge journey from Canton to St. Petersburg through the plains of Mongolia and Siberia
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Whyte, William Athenry
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Publisher: London : S. Low, Son, & Marston
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Stanfurds (koy^ £s/a.b london S If J.oiidon: Publisked by Sampson Low,Son ^Marntoii, 1871. ASIA TO EUROPE. 219 necessary amount of heat—and to this part of theestablishment we soon found our way, as it maybe imagined, with great delight, for in the desertI am afraid we had nearly forgotten that therewas such a custom as washing. We had to walk across a yard, and we soonexperienced the difference between the cold andheat of the bath-room. It was the first time wehad ever been into a Eussian bath, and the effectupon us, especially upon my friend, was some-thing astonishing and unpleasant at first. But Ithink the bath deserves a description. It stood alone in the centre of a yard, in asmall wooden biiilding. Preceded by a servant,armed with small rods, which looked like brancheswith dead leaves, that in the heat gave afragrance to the building, we entered into anoutside room, where we took off our clothes.We then walked into a room which looked likea washing place; having on one side

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