. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ket forproduce beyond what can be sold to travellers. A railway is one of thehopes of the future, and when it comes the steppe will be prosperous. Agreat deal of hemp and flax is raised there; I bought about sixty feet ofhalf-inch rope for thirty cents at one station, and afterwards learned that Ipaid too much. Our harness was constantly breaking, and every few daysit was necessary to buy a quantity of rope for purposes of repair. A Rus-sia
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across ket forproduce beyond what can be sold to travellers. A railway is one of thehopes of the future, and when it comes the steppe will be prosperous. Agreat deal of hemp and flax is raised there; I bought about sixty feet ofhalf-inch rope for thirty cents at one station, and afterwards learned that Ipaid too much. Our harness was constantly breaking, and every few daysit was necessary to buy a quantity of rope for purposes of repair. A Rus-sian mujik will perform wonders of harness - mending if you give himplenty of rope. I will not weary you with describing in detail the rest of the longsleigh-ride. Through Tumen wc went without delay, and from that placeto Ekaterineburg we had no incident of consequence. At Ekaterineburgwe stopped a day, and passed several hours among the shops devoted tothe sale of semi-precious stones, Avhich are cut into all sorts of fantasticshapes. The town is as famous for these things as is Cologne for the per- THE GOVERNMENT LAPIDARY WORKS AT EKATERINEBUEG. 397. SPECIMEN OF ROCK-CRYSTAL. fumed spirit that bears its name, Naples for coral, or Benares for brass-ware. More than a thousand workmen are engaged by private employersor by the Government in this industry. The Granihioi Fahric, or Gov-ernment Lapidary Establishment,was closed at the time of my visit,which happened during Christmasweek. I understand it has sincebeen sold, and is now in privatehands. Itinerant dealers in the streetsoffer the cut crystals to strangers,and the waiters at the hotels havestocks of them for sale. The col-lections at the dealers are a bewil-dering array of amethyst, Ijeryl,topaz, tourmaline, chalcedony, jas-per, aquamarine, malachite, quartz, and other stones. There are seals, pa-per-weights, beads, vases, statuettes, brooches, buttons, charms, and anendless variety of ornamental things. There were imitatio
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