. Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus [microform]. Fowling; Hunting; Oiseaux; Chasse. I r I ?â '^â I i Mi ^ 94 H EI MAN'S BATCH. p(3rtion died near Duapse, and were there landed and buried, or left to bleach, according to the means of their friends. Their graves are still marked by little mounds and inequalities in the ground throughout the place. On their miserable journey they sold everything they possessed, and I have frequently heard in Kertch and in the Caucasus of girls being sold for a few roubles, and valuable daggers (the last thing almost that a Tscherkess l)arts Avith) for about the sa
. Sport in the Crimea and Caucasus [microform]. Fowling; Hunting; Oiseaux; Chasse. I r I ?â '^â I i Mi ^ 94 H EI MAN'S BATCH. p(3rtion died near Duapse, and were there landed and buried, or left to bleach, according to the means of their friends. Their graves are still marked by little mounds and inequalities in the ground throughout the place. On their miserable journey they sold everything they possessed, and I have frequently heard in Kertch and in the Caucasus of girls being sold for a few roubles, and valuable daggers (the last thing almost that a Tscherkess l)arts Avith) for about the same. Now Duapse is a vilely scjualid hole, with two telegraph stations and a governor's house. The steamers from Odessa and Poti touch here, if it is fine, once a week, but if there is any sea on they cannot come in, as I was hereafter to learn to my cost. Why Duapse exists, and still more why it has a governor, I never could conceive. It was, then, with a feeling of intense relief that on October 21 I left Duapse behind me and turned my horse's head southwards along the Black Sea shore. I had managed to engage a couple of Russian peasants, Ivan and Yepheem, to guide me to some happy hunting-grounds of which they knew, some fifty versts from Duapse. Taking three horses, we loaded each with as much pro- visions as he could carry, and then climbed on top ourselves. It was difiicult work to so adjust your- self and baggage, as to keep your seat over the boulders. Grip was, of course, impossible, and % ii. 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 Phillipps-Wolley, Clive, 1854-1918. London : R. Bentley
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