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FROM PETERSBURG 
chap. Upon some of the women we observed such 
hi. , 
■ ' stocking's as the Tirolese wear ; covering only 
the lower part of the leg, about the ancle, with 
a sort of cylinder formed by spiral hoops of 
yrool. v 
The forests, for the most part, consist of poor 
stunted trees; and the road, in summer, is 
described as the most abominable that can be 
passed. It is then formed by whole trunks of 
trees, laid across, parallel to each other ; which 
occasion such violent jolting, as the wheels 
move from one to the other, that it cannot be 
borne without beds placed for the traveller to 
sit or to lie upon. 
Domestic We had a very interesting peep into the 
the Pea- manners of the peasantry, for this we were 
indebted to the breaking of our sledge at 
Poschol. The woman of the house was prepar- 
ing a dinner for the members of her family, who 
