On 12 January, having hired horses for himself, his servant and the guide, and three camels to carry their baggage, including a kibitka, or Turcoman tent, he left Kazala, ostensibly bound for the Russian garrison town.

Advertisements of health foods now occupy spaces formerly monopolized by quack medicines, a most healthful sign of the times.

[…] San Francisco is not exactly the most happening place, you know.

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