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i6 ADVENTURES IN TIBET.
my way by a different and unusual route to the counti-y
of Lop-nor, how convenient it would have been had I then
had my Cossacks to act as a guard to the caravan, with
which I was sending the greater part of my baggage,
including between 600 and 700 lbs. weight of Chinese
silver money. It was eventually arranged that two of
the Cossacks of the Consular guard should be at my dis-
posal until we met the Buriat Cossacks.
The Two Cossacks—Sirkin and Chernoff.
It was a piece of rare good fortune for me that I was
able to secure these men. Seldom or never have I been
served with such fidelity and such ready obedience as
during the years they were in my employ. Like their
Buriat comrades, who joined us later on, these two Orthodox
Russians were distinguished for their military discipline ;
and their courage and capability exceeded my most sanguine
wishes. Next after Divine Providence, which has never
deserted me during my journeyings, I owe it to these
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