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comfortable inn is not to be found. The traveller there, 

 as in Poland, and ID the interior of Russia, must make up 

 his mind to encounter every privation in this respect, and 

 be glad if, on the road between provincial towns, he can 

 procure anything better than black bread, milk, eggs, 

 beer, and common brandy. On this account the country 

 nobility generally carry their provisions with them when 

 on a journey, together with a cooking apparatus, and even 

 bedding ; between the government towns they provide a 

 sufficient quantity of white bread, poultry, wine, &c., to 

 supply them till they reach the next town.' 



