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advance made by me may bring upon me an insult, the 
English are so supercilious. I will have nothing to do 
with him.” I find that you are the tourist ; I find nothing 
supercilious about you. How is this?’ I replied, also 
laughingly, ‘I am not an Englishman.’ ‘ You are not an 
Englishman? I thought you were. ‘Oh, no.” ‘Then 
what countryman are you? ‘I am a Scotsman.” ‘Ah, 
he exclaimed, ‘that explains all;’ and with fervour he 
embraced me, giving me, as is the national custom, three 
kisses—the first on one cheek, the second on the other, 
and the third on the first again. 
I told some friends in St. Petersburg of the incident, 
when my story was capped, with other like incidents 
experienced by others; and it was mentioned by one 
whose experience had been given, that gentlemen in Russia 
fully recognise the difference between Scotchmen and 
Englishmen, They say the average Englishman is a Jingo, 
pooh-poohs anything you may say, and will not hear you 
complete a sentence you may have begun; the average 
Scotchman is intelligent ; he is not afraid to hear what you 
have got to say ; he may differ from you, but he will allow 
you at least to express your views, and he will judge dis- 
passionately of what you say. Ihave found the difference 
between Scotchmen and Englishmen recognised the wide 
world over, and generally with a preference for my 
countrymen. To many foreigners the supercilious bearing 
of Englishmen is offensive; and of English-speaking people 
the only thing more so is that of a discourteous American 
citizen travelling au prince. 
