ODESSA. 
a custom practised in the Isle of Portland, and 
throughout the whole county of Cornwall. 
Odessa is remarkable for the superior flavour 
of its mutton ; which, however, does not equal 
that of the Crimea. The sheep are slaughtered 
at a very early aj;e, and brought to table the 
day they are killed : the mutton cannot there- 
fore be eaten, unless it be boiled until it hills 
to pieces. The same custom prevails with 
regard to poultry ; the fowls are neither killed 
nor picked until the water for cooking boils. 
Of all the dishes known in Russia, there is 
nothing in such general esteem, from the prince 
to the peasant, as a kind of path, called piroghi. 
In the streets of Moscow and Petersburg, these 
are sold upon stalls. They are well-tasted ; but 
extremely greasy, and often full of oil ; con- 
sisting of minced meat, or brains, rolled up in 
pancakes, which are afterwards fried in butter 
or in oil, and served hot. The rolls described 
by Bruce, with which women in a certain 
part of ^ Ethiopia feed their husbands, are nearly 
similar; only the meat is raw, and the roll is 
of dough : yet the mouth of a Russian prince 
might perhaps water at the sight of the 
Ethiopian piroghi '. Pigeons are rarely seen at 
(1) See Butler' & description of a Muscovite, n Note to p. 2 99 of this 
Volume. 
