232 SAVAGE SVANETIA. 



CHAPTER XVL 



WITH THE SUKHOUM BOAE HOUNDS. 



As there seemed no likeliiiood. of hearino- 

 from the Prince of Mingreha for some little 

 time, Frank and I determined to run up to 

 Tiflis for a few days' shopping and sight- 

 seeing, leaving our Tiflis address with the 

 jolly old innkeeper of Kutais. As I have in 

 another book described Tiflis, I don't intend 

 to devote any time to an account of our stay 

 in that town. 



Our days were spent in hunting up the 

 best amber and Astrachan sheepskins which 

 we could find in the different shops and 

 bazaars, and probably after a great deal of 



