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of India. During the wet days of autumn and spring, the 

 ground formed by this soil becomes so heavy and muddy, 

 that pedestrians have much difficulty in traversing it. Hence, 

 during wet weather, the officers at Borisoglebsk and at 

 other brigades in that part of the country, have to stay at 

 home, unless they can get a trap. In these jungly places, the 



Photo 



[L. C. Gorodclzski, Tzarskoe Selo. 

 FIG. 39. Russian self-driving Phaeton. 



carriages are of primitive construction and entirely different 

 from the modern type of turn-out which is generally used by 

 well-to-do Russian officers (Fig. 39). One Sunday when I 

 was at the Borisoglebsk mess house (pfitzdrski klooti), I saw 

 the soldiers of the brigade without any officers, struggling 

 through the mud while they were returning from church. 



