15. Dezember 1886. 



NOV 22 1887 No. 17. 



I. Jahrgang. 



Societas entomologica. 



Journal de la Societe entomologique 

 internationale. 



Toutes les correspondances devront etre adressees 

 ä Mr. le President Fritz Rühl ä Zurich-Hottingen. 

 Messieurs les membres de la societe sont pries d'en- 

 voyer des contributions originales pour la partie scienti- 

 fique du Journal. 



Organ für den internationalen 

 Entomologenverein. 



Alle Zuschriften an den Verein sind an den Vor- 

 stand desselben Herrn Fritz Rühl in Zürich - Hot- 

 tingen zu richten. Die Herren Mitglieder des Ver- 

 eins sind freundlich ersucht, Originalbeiträge für 

 den wissenschaftlichen Theil des Blattes einzusenden. 



Organ for the International-Entomolo- 

 gical Society. 



All letters for the Society are to be directed to Mr. 

 Fritz Rühl at Zürich-Hottingen. TheHon. members of 

 the Society are kindly requested to send original 

 contributions for the scientific part of the paper. 



Some notions about Caucasus. 



IV. 



Fruits are there in abundance, such as, pome- 

 granates, pistachios, pears (Pyrus salicifolia) as 

 well as shrubs with all sort of excellent berries, 

 — at the Caspian sea lemons and oranges give 

 an excellent food, refreshing, but at the some 

 time unsufficient, because continual motion ancl 

 fresh air excites appetite in an extraordinary way. 

 Therefore it is absolutely necessary to be provided 

 with conserves and extracts of meat, which do not 

 require much place and last for some time. 



It is also very important to have good 

 arms in qrder to be safe against danger and to 

 get food when necessary.— As it is known that 

 russian custom houses do not allow, to import them 

 from abroad, the most advisable thing is to buy 

 them at the spot, either in towns, or eise at the 

 natives, who have them always in störe. But they 

 must not be dear and brilliant, or eise they would 

 awaken the cupidity of somebody; on the contrary, 

 let them be quite simple, but safe. 



A naturaliste who collects ought also to be 

 provided whith tin, because it is not to be got in 

 provincial towns and we know all how invaluable 

 are tin-boxes of every size for transporting skins 

 of animals and birds, as well as other zoological 

 booty. It is necessary, to add, that one must 

 know how to make the tin-boxes himself and that 

 the knowledge of any handicraft may be there of 

 great need. In general cleverness and speculation 

 are very useful in this country. 



Once, during my travel in 1883, I was left for 

 some weeks, thanks to the irregularity of the post 

 without any pecuniary ressources, in a place wild 

 and remote. Well, I shod horses to the natives 

 and painted in yellow with tincture of jod musta- 

 chious, beards and nails to travelling persian 

 merchants, which embellishment is considered 

 among them as the highest fashion. In this way, 



I was able to Min so much, that I lived comfort- 

 ably until the misdirected money came into my 

 hands. 



As for dress, although the heat is uncommon, 

 one must be provided with warm things, because 

 the nights are very cold, even in the middle of 

 summer. It is also better to buy dress at the 

 spot and to have it made of the stuffs of the 

 country, as they are cheap and suited to climate. 

 Shirts are to be of cotton or silk, which is better, 

 because silk, according to the saying of the 

 natives, is a preservative against ague. The famous 

 caucasian „bourka", a mantle without sleeves, long 

 and broad, looking like an immense pelerine, is 

 of supreme usefulness to the traveller; it is proof 

 against humidity and quite impervious, besides, 

 supple, warm and exceedingly light, does not take 

 much place, when rolled together and in case of 

 rain, it Covers the rider together with his horse and 

 his baggage in the holsters. And the more a 

 stranger has in his appearence of the dress and 

 mien of a native, the better for him, for nobody 

 minds him and therefore he is quite safe. 



It happens sometimes, that for safety's sake, 

 an armed convoy is necessary and the getting 

 of it is rather difficult for a stranger. Well, the 

 first rule to follow in this case, as well as in 

 every other circumstance, where the local au- 

 thorities are to decide, — wether it concerns the 

 personal safety, or the formalities of the passport 

 — is never to apply to little officials, who give 

 themselves an air of importance, but to higher 

 ones, I dare say, to the highest. It is the best, 

 the safest and the quiekest way to win time, and 

 to have the business done to the satisfaction of 

 the stranger. Courage and assurance, with a 

 tint of chivalry are always and everywhere 

 desirable. 



Adam of Ulanowski. 



