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CHAPTER IX 



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SYSTEMS OF HORSE-BREAKING . . I35~I38 



CHAPTER X 



OSTROGORCHSK 



Incivility Sympathy from a Russian Soldier General Ermolin coming 

 round A Ceremony to bind Friendship The General and the Con- 

 tractor ........ 139-145 



CHAPTER XI 



TAMBOF AND KIRSANOF 



General Gardenin Colonel Hubbenet Kindness all round Kirsanof 

 General Veljaminof-Zernof Russian Cold General Patrovsky Sorry 

 to part . . ... . . . 146-158 



CHAPTER XII 



BORISOGLEBSK 



Borisoglebsk Churches, Priests and Ikons Russian Baths Rheumatism 

 Russian Food Coffee and Chicory Kind Reception Criticism 

 without Experience . ...... 159-168 



CHAPTER XIII 



BALAKLEYA 



Balakleya Cordial Welcome Monotony of Life at the Cadres Billiards 

 Captain Ivan Kovalevsky Champagne Breakfast Troikas Return 

 to St. Petersburg Russian Soldiers .... 169-175 



CHAPTER XIV 



THE CAVALRY OFFICERS 5 RIDING SCHOOL 



"Crabbing" Making a Refuser jump An Old Lady's Horse Passive 

 Resistance Officers won't learn Hunting d t la Russe General 

 Avscharof and Fillis ...... 176-183 



