. 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 OFK DLTY BUTTKK-WKKK. frequently arranged so that the level part of the slide is over the ice ofthe Neva, and care is taken that the track shall be smooth as glass. Thereare usually two of these hills side by side, the slides being in oppositedirections. 200 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IX THE RUSSL\N THE EASTER KISS—AGREEABLE. Those I speak of are for the general public. Smaller slides are inthe court-yards of private houses, and
. 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 OFK DLTY BUTTKK-WKKK. frequently arranged so that the level part of the slide is over the ice ofthe Neva, and care is taken that the track shall be smooth as glass. Thereare usually two of these hills side by side, the slides being in oppositedirections. 200 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IX THE RUSSL\N THE EASTER KISS—AGREEABLE. Those I speak of are for the general public. Smaller slides are inthe court-yards of private houses, and there are imitations of them inmany summer-houses, where polished wood takes the place of ice. One of the slides in the Imperial pal-ace is of mahogany, which hasl)een polished till it shines likea finely finished bureau or ward-robe. The time to see St. Peters-burg in all its winter glory isduring ^Madinitsa, or Butter-week, which ushers in the GreatFast preceding Easter. Thewhole population is engaged inenjoying itself. Blinni, or pan-cakes, are the favorite articles offood, and thousands of digestionsare upset by the enormous quan-tities of these things that aredevoured. They are made of flour and butter, fried in butter, and eatenwith butter-sauce. Butter and other fatty foods are in order through theweek; and from a sanitary point of view this great consumption of grease,followed by seven weeks of fasting, leads to frightful results. Statisticsshow
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