]6 SAVAGE SVANETIA. 



The worst part of a journey of this kind 

 from England to Russia is the difficulty of 

 passing your guns through the Custom House 

 on the Russian frontier — a difficulty which we 

 overcame, thanks to the intervention of my 

 kind friend, Consul-General Stanley at Odessa, 

 and the payment of 11. for our four firearms. 



I should strongly recommend future tra- 

 vellers to ship their rifles, and in fact almost 

 all they needed to take with them, direct 

 for Odessa ; where, having an English consul 

 on the spot, and not being at all hurried, 

 they would have far less trouble with their 

 goods than if they attempted to brmg them 

 with them overland. 



Of course, if you are in no hurry, and 

 have not yet seen the beauties of the Bos- 

 phorus, a voyage via Constantinople direct 

 to Batoum is by far the most luxurious way 

 of reaching the Caucasus ; and, I believe, 

 considerably cheaper than the overland route. 



