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658 COXE’S TRAVELS IN RUSSIA.
By the affiftance of our landlord we obtained the price of provifions in thefe parts *:
Si d. een Bias
Butcher’s meat per Ruffian pound{, —– @ 1830.0: 2
Black bread per ditto, - - - - @. sor
White common ditto, - = = 4 - OL on
French ditto, - : 2 2 3 4 @ ete
Butter ditto, - - - - ay) WEB ge cab |
Ten eggs from | - - - - i ts © - At -teo- 5
Pair of fowls from = - - A 5 I CO aR
Fatted goofe, - : - = “ : aes
Couple of wild ducks, - - - - Ong ’G
‘Tame ditto, _ - - - - ~ 2 Baty:
Brace of Partridges, — - - - “ 8 o 10
Black game, cock and hen, - = = e Teg aiG
Hare, - - < = - ~ 2 On at
Quart of milk, - : = - : s oat
_ Beft fpirituous liquors Be quart, - - | eat oe
Wortt fort, - 5 - = e Gs ABs
Pair of peafant’s leather fhoes, - - - Era
Boots, - - - - = 4 > 4 10
Round hat, - - P = = T2008
Peafant’s fhirt, no collar or wriftband, andvery fhort, 1 3
Our coach being much fhattered by the bad roads, we left it at Novogorod, and con-
tinued our journey in &/bitkas, the common carriages of the country. A ibitka is a
{mall cart, capable of containing two perfons abrealt, while the driver fits upon the fur- .
ther extremity clofe to the horle’s tails. It is about five feet in length, and the hinder
half is covered with a femi-circular tilt, open in front like the top of a cradle, made of
laths interwoven and covered with birch or beech bark. ‘There is not a piece of iron
in the whole machine. It has no {prings, and is faftened by means of wooden pins,
ropes, and fticks, to the body of the carriage. The Ruffians, when they travel in thefe
kibitkas, place a feather-bed in the bottom, admirably calculated to break the intoler-
able jolts and concuffions, occafioned by the uneven timber roads. With this precau-
tion, a kibitka, though inferior in fplendour, equals in comfort the moft commodious
vehicle. The traveller {tretches himfelf at length upon the feather-bed, and if inclined,
may dofe away the journey in perfe tranquillity. But being novices in the method of
equipping this fpecies of conveyance, we fuffered a layer of trunks and other hard bag-
gage to be fubftituted in the place of feather-beds: thefe fubftances, fo much more
bulky, and fo much lefs yielding than down, obliged us either to fit under the tilt in a
floping pofture, or upon the narrow edge of the carriage ; in the alternate enjoyment
of which delectable pofitions we paffed twelve hours without intermiffion, and with no
refrefhment. Thofe who have ever regaled themfelves amid{t a pile of loofe trunks
and boxes in the bafket of a heavy-laden ftage coach, over the rougheft pavement,
would efteem that mode of conveyance luxury to what we experienced. Our impa-
tience, however, to reach Peterfburg beguiled in fome meafure the bruifes we received
from our &ibitkas and thei contents, and induced us to perfevere in our route till after
ten at night; when, being depofited in a {mall village, I had {carcely ftrength remain-
* A Ruffian pound—14? Englifh ounces. T 2778: :
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