no GOLOVINSKY. 



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 ' Shooting a boar. 



THE Cossack and myself, having seen the two Rus- 

 sians round the first little promontory, unearthed 

 a small quantity of whiskey which I had managed 

 to save from their insatiable thirst, and with this 

 and a pork kabob made a very fair lunch, and laid 

 the foundation of a good understanding between 

 us. Then we piled up a pyramid of odds and 

 ends on the back of each little horse, and made the 

 whole fast with cords. The equestrians' enviable 

 position was astride the summit of the pyramid of 

 luggage a position difficult to retain when gained, 

 and almost impossible to attain unaided. How- 

 ever, after many failures the Cossack hoisted me on 

 to my place, and providing we never went out of 

 a walk I felt fairly safe. How the Cossack got up 

 was a miracle, but he did it somehow ; and we 

 proceeded at a walk through the shingle, that forms 



