Travels in Russia, and a residence at St. Petersburg and Odessa, in the years Edward Morton. CHAP V. Petersburg and Odessa, in the Travels in Russia, and a Residence at St. Travels in Russia: And a Residence at St. Petersburg And Odessa, in the The Greek of Athens, the Jew of Salonica, even the Armenian, so celebrated for his duplicity, must yield the palm of jinesse to the bearded Muscovite. Provincial officers, favour the wealthy merchant with the permission to introduce contraband goods ; and again, out of the number of slaves sent by the seigneur for the imperial levies, they select the empty-handed peasant for military service : in the former case, the agents It would be endless to attempt a catalogue of these enormities, all of which, nevertheless, custom has sanctioned with, as it were, a prescriptive right.
The sums paid are regarded only as regular fees or perquisites of office: the functionaries themselves have been bred up with the knowledge of no other system, and are surprised to hear a foreigner say that acts which are done openly every day I went from house to house as the work called, or, when I had nothing to do, had seen on my idle saunterings.
My lack of imagination for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young obliged me to set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen with my own eyes and heard with my own ears. In the South of Russia they are striving to improve indigenous wine; but as yet it is not so good even as that of Ackerman, which enjoys a certain degree of reputation. After all, the best, the purest, the most grateful, the most healthy, the most delightful, and really national beverage of the inhabitants of St.
There is no chance of seeing a handsome woman ; the gentlemen are all ignoramuses, and the common people brutes. The government is despotic ; the police troublesome ; and the dogs bite differently from English dogs.
Indians east of the mountains initiated the war when they came over here and insisted that these Indians drive out the whites. In the meantime the Indians were given their lands back again.
