46 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



condition on discharge excepting that of the 

 Tynehead, the Red Cross Indian corn, half of 

 which had fermented and was cast overboard. It 

 is much better to send wheat or rye than Indian 

 corn to feed Russian peasants. They have little 

 acquaintance with corn and know but little of the 

 way of preparing it for food. Rye is their main 

 support. The wheat flour sent from America 

 was used chiefly in admixture with rye, supplied 

 by purchase from the more highly favoured sec- 

 tions of their own country. A Russian nobleman 

 told me that all the flour received from America 

 was of most excellent quality. 



