CONTENTS. Xlll 



CHAPTER XIV. 



TRANSCAUCASIA AND THE CRIMEA : HOME THROUGH 

 RUSSIA. 



PAOE 



Borjom — Bad Eoad — Beautiful Scenery — Achaltzich — Across the Hills — 

 Abastuman — A Narrow Valley — The Burnt Forest — Panorama of the 

 Caucasus — Last Appearance of Kazbek and Elbruz — A Forest Ride- 

 Bagdad— MingreHan Hospitality — A French Baron's Farm — The Rion 

 Basin— Kutais — The Postmaster — Poti — A Dismal Swamp— Soukhoum- 

 Kale — Sevastopol — The Battlefields — The Crimean Corniehe — 

 Bakhchi-Sarai — Odessa — A Run across Russia — A Jew's Cart — The 

 Dnieper Steamboat — KiefF — Picturesque Pilgrims — The Lavra 

 — Sainted Mummies — A Long Drive — Vitebsk — St. Petersburg — 

 Conclusion 465 



APPENDIX. 



I. The Elbruz Expedition of 1829 . . .... 497 



II. Heights of Peaks, Passes, Towns, and Villages in the Caucasian 



Provinces ........... 600 



lU. Catalogue of Plants 502 



