U SAVAGE SVANETIA. 



no games except cards, no entertainments of 

 any kind ; when a man comes to us, we want 

 to make him merry, and nothing does that so 

 well as wine. The process of getting drunk 

 is the pleasantest thing in life, and when he 

 is too far gone to drink any more, we just let 

 him sleep until he is ready to begin again.' 

 This being the spirit of the country, it was 

 small wonder that at the hotel doors we met 

 our host of the morrow's hunt with two other 

 jovial princes, and an array of champagne 

 bottles awful to behold. To refuse was to 

 offend our friends, ruin our reputations as 

 hard-headed Englishmen, and get no shooting 

 at Kutais or help beyond. So with a sigh we 

 submitted to the inevitable, and sat down. 



A more perfect linguist than Prince A 



I never met, and his knowledge of English 

 sporting terms was as wonderful as his 

 capacity for champagne. But at last it was 

 over, and the last assault of the enemy having 



