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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: tant. They carried a detachment of Bokharian soldiers,
on their way to reconnoiter around Omsk.
The ferryboat was still two lengths from the shore. The
boatmen redoubled their efforts. Michael himself seized a
pole and wielded it with superhuman strength. If he could
land the tarantass and horses, and dash off with them, there
was some chance of escaping the Tartars, who were not
mounted.
But all their efforts were in vain. "Saryn na kitchou!"
shouted the soldiers from the first boat.
Michael recognized the Tartar war-cry, which is usually
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