FROM WORONETZ 
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CHAP. 
XI. 
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Change of 
Features. 
Neglect of 
drowned 
Persons. 
safe to him at Taganrog, with all its appurte- 
nances, by the unsolicited and disinterested 
labour of that people’. Who would venture to 
leave a carriage, or even a trunk, although en- 
cased, doubly locked, and duly directed, among 
the Russians ? 
From the time we left Tula, a remarkable 
change was visible in the features of the people : 
this we were unable to explain. The peasants 
had frequently the straight yellow hair of the 
inhabitants of Finland, and the same light com- 
plexion ; neither resembling Russians, Poles, nor 
Cossacks. At Woronetz the Gipsey tribe was 
very prevalent; and a mixed race, resulting 
from their intermarriage with Russians. 
The horrid practice of burying persons alive 
sometimes takes place in Russia, from the igno- 
rance of the inhabitants. Instances of suspended 
animation, occasioned by the vapour of their 
stoves, or by accidents in water, are always 
considered lost cases ; and the unhappy sufferer 
is immediately committed to the grave, without 
any attempt towards recovery. They send 
(l) Of this fact we were assured by Mr. Rowan himself, to whom 
we were iudebted for many instances of politeness and attention during: 
the time we resided in Moscow. 
