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days after my return to Kalgan I started for Peking, to obtain fresh supplies of money and make preparations for a new journey. My companion remained at Kalgan with the Cossacks to lay in a store of different small articles required for the expedition and buy camels, those we had obtained at Kuku-khoto having turned out worthless.

Two months, January and February, quickly glided past in the bustle of preparation, packing and despatching our collections to Kiakhta, and writing