WESTERN TUR 
I once received permission to hunt in the Tsar’s preserve at Krasna 
Polyan, on the south side of the range. Here his Imperial Majesty has a 
shooting lodge, which he has never visited and is never likely to see. I 
went there full of hope, but found, alas! that it did not come up to expecta- 
tions, as the supervision of one Russian officer and two keepers is quite 
inadequate to stop the poaching that goes on there. Fortunately there are 
better hunting grounds in some of the neighbouring valleys, and I did 
not return empty handed. 
The Abkhasian natives in this district are not very easy to get on with, 
and Russian followers, if procurable, will be found much more amenable. 
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