. Casuals in the Caucasus; the diary of a sporting holiday. Hunting -- Caucasus; Caucasus -- Description and travel. TO THE HUNTING GROUNDS 8i Yakimo himself rode a spidery grey mare, which led the string of laden creatures, or rather a Httle bell played Pied Piper to them. Yakimo was far from being the muleteer to whom grand opera has accustomed us. You know the dash- ing, handsome, picturesque figure, with the spotless shirt, crimson knickerbockers, and the cross-gartering from knee to foot, and the whip which cracks to the rhythm of his lilting song ? Crick ! Crack ! We gallop along Crick !
. Casuals in the Caucasus; the diary of a sporting holiday. Hunting -- Caucasus; Caucasus -- Description and travel. TO THE HUNTING GROUNDS 8i Yakimo himself rode a spidery grey mare, which led the string of laden creatures, or rather a Httle bell played Pied Piper to them. Yakimo was far from being the muleteer to whom grand opera has accustomed us. You know the dash- ing, handsome, picturesque figure, with the spotless shirt, crimson knickerbockers, and the cross-gartering from knee to foot, and the whip which cracks to the rhythm of his lilting song ? Crick ! Crack ! We gallop along Crick ! Crack ! We gallop away ! Operatic muleteers always sing that. Our mules didn't gallop along or away. They travelled at snail's pace. And Yakimo had but a feeble imitation of the rousing refrain peculiar to his kind. It came from the depths of him somewhere, like the deep notes of a drum. Sometimes it sounded like the moan of a person in grievous trouble, and other times it seemed to epitomize the aftermath of a lobster Oh, mule ! Oh, mule ! By its very sameness it palled after a few minutes, for, unlike our home anthems in which the same num- ber of words, back-pedalled upon, juggled with, turned this way and that, suffice to keep a choir occupied for quite a long time, the tunc never varied. It went on and on, interminably. We had bought ourselves a bourka apiece—such G. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Agnes. London : John Lane; New York, John Lane company
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