CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IV. 



THE RED FOREST AND BLACK SEA COAST. 



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Journey to Tamau Downpour on the steppe Tscherkess bourkas 

 Long-tailed horses Absence of cultivation The Moujiks 

 Causes of political discontent in Russia Veneration for the 

 Czar Cheapening supplies A Russian writer on English- 

 women Post stations A terrible tragedy Hotels Ekate- 

 rinodar The fair Russian tea Russian police Bivouack- 

 ing with Cossack foresters Exciting sport Shooting a white 

 boar Sad disappointment Pheasant^shooting A Cossack 

 colonel An execrable journey Caucasian women Great 

 consumption of supplies In a Cossack saddle Mineral 

 springs A scorching bath Lotus-eaters Incidents of the 

 road An insolent Tartar Parting . . . 69 



CHAPTER V. 

 HEIMAN'S DATCH. 



Duapse Tscherkess emigrants By the sea-shore Superb 

 scenery Drunken guides A Cossack station Bears Take 

 possession of a ruined villa Hiding our provisions Wild 

 swine -Astray in the jungle A rougli breakfast Boars in 

 file A misslire Forest fruit Lose our horses A panther 

 Night-watch Shooting in the dark On the trail lian>c 

 A friendly Cossack Deserted by my servants . 



CHAPTER VI. 



GOLOVINSKY. 



Lunch in the forest Picturesque riding A spill Telegraph 

 shanty at Golovinsky Robinson Crusoe Native guns 

 Tracks of game Multitudes of pheasants Paucity of native 

 hunters Tscherkess mocassins Experiences of forest life 

 Killing a bear Cooking him Another bag A lost chance 

 Anecdotes of ' Michael Michaelovitch ' Shooling a bonr . 110 



