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home. Every bone, thew, muscle, and sinew of his 

 frame must be in perfect order to undergo this ordeal. 



Rascally-looking Cossack police on their small horses 

 and with their long spears, galloped past ; Greek priests 

 with their black robes and broad-brimmed hats, and hair 

 down their back, moved along ; and various other types 



A VOSTICK. 



A BEGGAR. 



A PRIEST. 



of humanity never seen before. But the eye feebly took 

 in the panorama of a new country. The whole soul was 

 concentrated on the bones of the body, and all natural 

 emotions of gratitude for our safe arrival, and wonder at 

 finding one's-self in Russia, began to dawn only when the 

 drosky was left with a bound of delighted deliverance, as 



