. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. A Bit of Old Tiflis. ^o8 ALL THE RUSSIAS gentleman, an officer of high rank and long service in war, whostrides into the hotel dining-room in his uniform of chestnut andIndian red, jingling with small-arms and hung with medals evenas a Zulu is strung with cowries, is certainly one of the most. A Caucasian Type—Rostom the Guide. striking figures I have ever seen. In fact, I do not rememberto have been in the society of so many distinguished-looking peo-ple in my Hfe before;
. All the Russias: travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. A Bit of Old Tiflis. ^o8 ALL THE RUSSIAS gentleman, an officer of high rank and long service in war, whostrides into the hotel dining-room in his uniform of chestnut andIndian red, jingling with small-arms and hung with medals evenas a Zulu is strung with cowries, is certainly one of the most. A Caucasian Type—Rostom the Guide. striking figures I have ever seen. In fact, I do not rememberto have been in the society of so many distinguished-looking peo-ple in my Hfe before; a group of princes of the blood, ambassa-dors, and commanders-in-chief would have everything to learn TIFLIS OF THE CROSS-ROADS 209 from them in the matter of deportment. No matter who theymay be—the Smiths and Joneses, possibly, of Georgia andDaghestan—their manners and their clothes hit ofif the choicestexpressions of dignity and distinction. That full-skirted woollencoat, flying round the fine riding-boots, and hiding trousers ofcarmine silk; that tight-fitting body-part, open at the breast toshow a shirt of richest cream-colour, hooked smartly over theribs and narrowly girdled at the waist by a belt of chased metal,worn very tight, from which hang silver-worked poniard, sabre,pistol-holster and other strange fittings, combine to form a cos-tume of infinite spirit, to which the row of cartridges,
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