. 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 THE PiSS OF DARIEL, CAUCASUS. 486 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSLVX GOVKRNOR-GEXERAL OK THE CAUCASUS. a marvel of cheapness. Two cents \vould buy a large melon, and the samemoney was gladly accepted for a bunch of grapes which would furnish adinner for a very hungry man, A great deal of wine is raised in tl)isregion; three hundred thousand acres are said to be devoted to the cult-ure of the grape in the Caucasus, and about forty mi
. 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 THE PiSS OF DARIEL, CAUCASUS. 486 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSLVX GOVKRNOR-GEXERAL OK THE CAUCASUS. a marvel of cheapness. Two cents \vould buy a large melon, and the samemoney was gladly accepted for a bunch of grapes which would furnish adinner for a very hungry man, A great deal of wine is raised in tl)isregion; three hundred thousand acres are said to be devoted to the cult-ure of the grape in the Caucasus, and about forty million gallons of wineare made annually. Wine is plenty and cheap; the Russians refuse todrink the wine of the Caucasus, just as Californians affect to despise that of their own State, We are told thata large part of the so-called foreignwine sold in Tiflis and other citiesof the Caucasus is really the productof the country under fictitious labels, We have already mentioned theuse of petroleum in the locomotivesof the Trans - Caucasian Railway,Where we stopped for fuel and waterthe petroleum-tank was side by sidewith the water-tank, and there wasno sign of wood-yard or coal-heap,A few minutes charged the tenderwith petroleum
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