. 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 aged in handling goods destined for the railway or for the steamers, butthey did not by any means have a monopoly of the labor market of Mi-khailovsk. Tartars, Kirghese, Turcomans, Persians, and other Asiatics werethere in considerable numbers. They appeared to be quite as industriousas the mujiks, and every way as keen to scent a job wherein money was tobe earned. It is an interesting circumstance that the Turcomans, now that theyare forbi
. 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 aged in handling goods destined for the railway or for the steamers, butthey did not by any means have a monopoly of the labor market of Mi-khailovsk. Tartars, Kirghese, Turcomans, Persians, and other Asiatics werethere in considerable numbers. They appeared to be quite as industriousas the mujiks, and every way as keen to scent a job wherein money was tobe earned. It is an interesting circumstance that the Turcomans, now that theyare forbidden to indulge in raiding, have turned their attention to steady THE TRANS-CASPIAN RAILWAY. 453 industry, and promise to make good citizens. Whatever may be theirfaults, they are not a lazy people; they gave up their raiding habits veryunwillingly; but when once convinced that they ranst live by industry,they seem to have accepted the situation. Mr. Ivanovich, the gentleman who invited our friends to cross the Cas-pian, was connected with the management of the Trans-Caspian Railway,as the line from Mikhailovsk is called. During the voyage from Baku. TURCOMAN COURT OF JUSTICE. he gave the youths an account of the building of the railway, and mattersconnected with it, of which Frank made the following notes: The Trans-Caspian Railway, said Mr. Ivanovich, owes its existenceto a military necessity that arose in 1879. When the Russians iirst occu-pied the Turcoman country they built fortifications, and settled down tostay. General Skobeleff always claimed that we made a great mistake indoing so; the Government did not think it safe to make a movementdirectly into the Turcoman country, and consequently several years wereoccupied in doing what Skobeleff thought should have been done in Turcomans knew nothing about regular warfare, and we might havecrushed them in a little while with our trained battalions. But we waitedso long that they learned how to fight, partly through ou
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