. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. ake any adversedemonstration ; for days they have been harrying the flockupon the mountains, collecting stragglers, constraining obsti-nate climbers, circumventing the astutely divagating goat, nowdog-tired and sullen they are wending with the rest to theplain, their puppies—soft, furry love-pledges of a wild summer—looking over the edges of the saddle-pockets of the flock-donkey or the shepherds horse. How innocent and frankand pretty are the puppy-faces ; how charmingly the
. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. ake any adversedemonstration ; for days they have been harrying the flockupon the mountains, collecting stragglers, constraining obsti-nate climbers, circumventing the astutely divagating goat, nowdog-tired and sullen they are wending with the rest to theplain, their puppies—soft, furry love-pledges of a wild summer—looking over the edges of the saddle-pockets of the flock-donkey or the shepherds horse. How innocent and frankand pretty are the puppy-faces ; how charmingly they extri-cate first one then another soft, supple paw, and hang it outtill the shepherd sees them and hurriedly crams it in again and i86 ALL THE RUSSIAS binds the edges of the pocket tighter round the puppy was so enchanted by these creatures, even by the openenmity of their large savage parents, that I priced a ravishinglybeautiful puppoose (that would be a nice word) and learnedthat its price was above roubles, and not even for five would itsmaster part with it. Perhaps had I shown him a gold-piece of. THE GEORGIAN KOAl.)—A WGGLLV WAVE five I should at this moment be cluttered, as the Yorkshirepeople say, with a cream-coloured Caucasian puppy of Circas-sian beauty and a latent savagery to terrify a whole Englishcounty. I dwell overlong upon these by-sights of the road, l)ut in-deed most of our first day went in passing that sea of sheep andgoats, and the dogs and the humble flock-donkey, bridlelessand bitless and burdened with all the huge hairy felt mantles ofthe shepherds, pattering meekly among the crowd, were always THE GEORGIAN ROAD 187 with us. After a spell of a dozen versts or so, we drew up ata post-station. These, like the excellent military road, aremaintained by the Government, and entertainment can be hadat them of a modest character. In the barrack-like building,very grey and cold, we passed instinctively toward a door onwhich was the word Buffet, w
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