. 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 come white in a short time, no matter what may be theirreal color, from the formation of frost all over their bodies. Their breathsuggests steam more than anything else, and the long hairs around theirnoses are turned into icy spikes. In the severest weather pigeons havebeen seen to fall to the ground paralyzed with the cold, but it is quitelikely that their flights were forced, and the birds were half frozen beforetaking wing, Frank asked
. 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 come white in a short time, no matter what may be theirreal color, from the formation of frost all over their bodies. Their breathsuggests steam more than anything else, and the long hairs around theirnoses are turned into icy spikes. In the severest weather pigeons havebeen seen to fall to the ground paralyzed with the cold, but it is quitelikely that their flights were forced, and the birds were half frozen beforetaking wing, Frank asked if it often happened that jjeople were frozen to death inthese Russian winters. Occurrences of this kind probably take place every year, was therej)ly, but from all I have been able to learn I believe the number is 14 210 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. exaggerated. In many cases it is the fault of the frozen ones themselves;thej have been rendered insensible or careless by stimulants, and gone tosleep in the open air. The tendency to sleep when one is exposed tosevere cold should be resisted, as it is very likely to be the sleep of LOST IN A SNOW-STOKM. There is a story of two travellers who saw a third in trouble; one ofthem proposed to go to the relief of the man in distress, but the otherrefused, saying he would not stir out of their sleigh. The first went andrelieved the sufferer; his exertions set the blood rushing through his veinsand saved him from injury by the cold, while the one who refused to ren-der aid was frozen to death. It is a curious fact, said the Doctor, in closing his remarks upon theRussian winter, that foreigners coming here do not feel the cold at walk the streets in the same clothing they would wear in Londonor Paris, and laugh at the Russians wrapping themselves in furs. At thesame time the Russians laugh at them and predict that if they stay inthe country for another season they will change their ways. A strangerdoes not
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