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ing to a "wealthy peasant, whose daughters 

 came and brought me a bowl of hot water, 

 took the sandals off my lacerated feet and 

 washed and anointed them with bears' fat. I 

 don't think even the dry clothes and good 

 food which followed were more welcome than 

 this considerate attention. 



AYe had still two or three days' travelling 

 before us, but of this we made lio'ht. for all 

 the remaining miles that lay between us and 

 the railway at Xovo Senachi were to be done 

 either on a horse or on wheels. Our hard 

 times were over, and we rejoiced in the fact. 



From Djuaria to Sugdidi, a capital horse- 

 road takes you over a country flat and unin- 

 teresting at the best of times, and when we 

 did the journey next day we could hardly see 

 before us for the rain that beat all day into 

 our faces. 



At Suo;didi, thouo-h there are fine houses 

 and even palaces, that of the Prince of 

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