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a serious accident to the car the only thing to do is to walk and keep on walking until you have found a Mongol Jurta and to [[underline]] hire a horse-cart to take you to the nearest telegraph station [[/underline]] and to telegraph for another car. Several times I had to travel that way for days before I could get to a bigger settlement with a telegraph station . Travelling by horse-carts ^ [[,]] if you are not in a hurry ^ [[,]] is much more enjoyable than rushing along on a motor-car.  Of course that way is not so comfortable, but you have more opportunity to see the country and enjoy the scenery when you are going along slowly.  When you have found a [[typed in lower case, marked to capitalize]] mongol Jurta, most of your troubles are over, for the  [[typed in lower case, marked to capitalize]] mongol will certainly let you have as many ponies as you require.  The only trouble is [[strikethrough]] , [[/strikethrough]] if you cannot ride ^ [[,]] for not all Jurtas have horse-carts.  If the one you have struck on your walk has not got one, the man will send out riders to his neighbours till he finds one.  Now the fun starts.  Very few [[typed in lower case, marked to capitalize]] mongolian horses are broken into harness.  The ponies legs are hobbled together and the shafts of the carts pushed over the pony and the harness is fastened.  Very often the pony's eyes have to be blind-folded while this is being done.  When everything is ready, the driver with his reins firmly held and the passenger on the  cart, the ropes hobbling the pony are taken off and the blanket which blind-folded him pulled away.  When the pony knows that he cannot get rid of the harness by kicking and rearing, he starts off at a gallop over fields and ditches and the passenger has to hang on to his seat with hands and feet.  It takes about half an hour, till the pony calms down , and starts trotting along the roads.  As these [[typed in lower case, marked to capitalize]] mongol carts have no springs, it is a bit bumpy to travel this way, but still you are satisfied that you are getting nearer to your destination.
   To give some examples of the difficulties of travelling in Mongolia : I once had to travel [[strikethrough]] to Udde [[/strikethrough]] from Udde to the northeast, a place called Sainbetze, as that is not on the usual caravan road, I asked the chauffeur whether the car which I wanted to hire was in good condition which he assured it was . We had hardly tra-