They piled logs above the grave, and after the observance of certain pagan rites, to secure the repose of the deceased, they signified their readiness to proceed.
The tiger was one of the largest of his kind.

I had his skin carefully removed, and sent it with my official report to St.Petersburg.

A Chinese mandarin who met me near Lake Hinka offered me a high price for the skin, but I declined his offer, in order to show our Emperor what his Siberian possessions contained.
[Illustration: TAIL PIECE--FLASK].