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chap, the canopy of heaven; he may travel in a 
. X ‘ * khabitha, which is the best of all means of con- 
veyance. If not, he must, according to the 
method recommended in the First Chapter, have 
a dormeuse in his carriage, which should be made 
low, and with very wide axle-trees. In this 
manner his journey will not be quite so expe- 
ditious as in a lighter machine; but he will 
always be able to proceed at the rate of a hun- 
dred versts in a day. It he can smoke tobacco, 
the fumes of it, used moderately, may preserve 
him from dangerous infection; repel vermin; and, 
by their narcotic power, acting as a stimulant, 
may promote the digestion of bad food. This 
practice also, during long fasting, upon chilling 
lakes and marshes, and amidst unwholesome air, 
has been found both solacing and salutary. 
Tcl*.. The next day, June the third, we passed 
through Vciszany and Celo Volotia, to Tula, 
capital of the government of the same name, 
and the Sheffield of Russia. Near the town we 
found the Lathnea squamaria, a plant which the 
peasants boil in milk, as a remedy for disordered 
bowels, and a disease called sickness of heart; 
but the specimens were difficult to preserve, 
owing to their succulent nature. 
For some time before we reached Tula, it 
