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BRIDLE PATHS OF THE ALTÁI
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prosperous. The Russian love of crude color became again apparent in the dresses of the women and girls; and on

MAP OF ROUTE FROM SEMIPALÁTINSK TO THE ALTÁI.

Sunday, when all of the Cossacks were in holiday attire, the streets of these villages were bright with the red, blue, and yellow costumes of the young men and women, who sat in