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NORTHERN RUSSIA. 



is visible. I would have liked to have stopped at Tver, 

 on one of the branches of the Volga, and the starting 

 point of the steam navigation down that noble river. 



The route is extremely comfortable by the railway to 

 Moscow, the carriages, as everywhere else, being far 

 superior to those in Britain, especially the second class. 

 The officials are most civil. The refreshment rooms are 

 equal to any in Europe, and the tea unrivalled. 



RUSSIAN TEA-SELLERS. 



I cannot mention its name without expressing my 

 thankful acknowledgment for this one unmatched Kussian 

 luxury. The Russian tea, or " Tchai," is the product, I 

 have been told, of provinces in China too far north to be 

 able to supply the European markets through the southern, 

 ports of the Empire. It is conveyed overland to Russia, 



