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THE GREAT SIBERIAN ROAD
that Siberian blacksmiths must be regarded by accident insurance companies as extra-safe and very desirable risks.
While we were waiting for the repairs to our tárantás we were overtaken by the Moscow post. The Russian mails
A SIBERIAN BLACKSMITH.
are carried in Siberia in leathern bags or pouches as with us, and are forwarded in telégas under guard of an armed postilion, changing horses and vehicles at every station. There
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