Show the S her an traveling in siberia apart from the railway now given up entirely to 11 gitary transports is mainly done in a vehicle called a this has been called the siberian hansom but it Is a very different hicie to the hansom we know by that name the Is a roomy carriage cover ed by a hood it has no springs but Is balanced on long poles which in some measure break the jolting there are no seats tor the passenger who has to make himself as comfort able as he can on a kind 0 mattress spread on the floor of the vehicle sturdy ponies peculiar to northern russia are the animals employed usually in pairs to draw the taran tass they live roughly and can go immense distances over all sorts of ground without fatigue |