Russian feast days--A curious dinner custom--Novel separation of the sexes--The wealth of Kiachta--The extent of the tea trade--Dodging the custom house--Foreign residents of Kiachta--Fifteen dogs in one family--The devil and the telegraph--Russian gambling--Dinner with the Chinese governor--Chinese punishments--Ingredients of a Chinese dinner--Going to the theatre in midday--Two dinners in one day--Farewell to Kiachta.