| Show lite life amon aifons 1 the siberian flan Noi nomads nalls the kara isra Kirg hese are essentially a nation of shepherds and breeders bleeders bre eders of cattle and think it a vom edow down in in life when compelled to resort to settled occupations they are not so rich as their brethren in the plains very few own as many as 2000 horses or sheep also they have fewer camels but on the other hand band pos pon sess an excellent breed of oxen ford for traversing the mountains there cows are large jorge but do not yield much milli milk yaks are kept by them instead their cattle breeding claims far tarlena less labor than agrical agriculture ture but is exposed to great at r risks for the sep support port a of f a nomad d fa family n lily for a year a are ra r required eleven head or of large and ton ten or of am small f cattle and to provide hay bay for tho the winter consumption even of this number exceeds the working power of one household I 1 was much interested to see some the march their wanderings are thus conducted when the pasture in a neighbor neighborhood hood is ia eaten ono or two of the young men are sent bent to select a suitable spot for another encampment and to clean out the wells irella this done the womer women I 1 pack the tents and the men fo form ran the cattle in in droves the camp is ready and starts before dawn the good women of the family riding in front I 1 met one old lady in this honorable position mounted astride a bullock and looking anything but graceful after her came cacao the kotfer other women var bously mounted on the top of carpets teakettles tea lea kettles tents etc the whole boing tande made to gearas far as possible li fes tue aspect the length of a stage is ig from 13 to 17 miles and the aul trav erses about 25 miles in 21 hours on arriving at the place of onca encamp mp mont ment it is the office of the wife to put pat up the tent I 1 chanced to see a worn an begin to ao 30 so EO and would not stir from the spot till I 1 had witnessed the whole operation the principal parta of a kibit kat 0 tent are large lorRO i piece s of felt to cover a frame work that con lists of lintel and side posts posta for a door and pieces nieces ot or trollis trellis work sur bar mounted by poles that meet in the centre on this trellis work are BUS ans derided bonded arms clothes bags basins har arness neBa and cooking utensils not that there thera is a large variety however ot of the last for moat of the cooking is i done in a largo large open saucepan that thai stands glands on a trip tripod 0 d over a fire in the middle of 0 the tha tent crockery ware h iu not abundant wi being 0 ot of hazar hazardous dong carriage and me t lif godda are not cheap so RO that leather has to do duty not only july for aaning bottles specially thesa for or carrying koumiss kw misi but also alno boila bild somal of bt which are furn failed with a I 1 met with no small adall saucepans or teakettles tea kettles of eng edg lish hah shape their place being supplied by kurgan kur gant or water ewers a somewhat 0 resembling a coffee pot round hound the ine walls of the tent lent ara piled boxes sad dies rugs rues ald aid bales ales of carpet against wh which cb the occupants lean the bead of the household bitting opposite the door do orand and in fr front on t of him the wife 1 in I 1 was honored with an invitation to lo dine in bee of these tents the i diches ia b being put pat before us un accor according dink t to our rank I 1 hoard heard nothing of grace before meat but I 1 never saw baw any abil thine ia to exceed the alacrity w wath ith wb which the dishes were cleared fa ads were knives and were forks the meat being torn hom from the bones as aa by the teeth of hungry budgery dogs it is is considered polite for it ri Kiik Kirk hebO hebe superior to take it 11 handful of pieces piece of meat and stuff thorn into the tha mouth of an inferior guest an a 0 I 1 saw practised practiced on oil another anoche r but bat from which mer mercifully c i f 0 1 ly I 1 myself was vas excused ha harper r p e r a 1 |
