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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Michael Strogoff by Jules Verne: the left bank of the Dinka, and he added that, very prob-
ably, the bulk of the Tartar forces had taken up a position
before the Siberian capital.
There was not a moment to be lost; besides, the cold
was becoming more and more severe. During the night
the temperature fell below zero; ice was already forming
on the surface of the Baikal. Although the raft managed
to pass easily over the lake, it might not be so easy between
the banks of the Angara, should pieces of ice be found to
block up its course.
At eight in the evening the moorings were cast off, and
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