The National geographic magazine . erians are good feeders and stiffdrinkers, but vodka, which is princi-pally alcohol, and quass, which is a redbeer distilled from rye bread, and strongtea served five times a da)- and takenby the tumblerful as freely as water, A Trip Through Siberia 49 were none of them any use tome. For food, cabbage soup,flavored with onions and gar-nished with sour milk, was theprincipal dish, and, with blackbread, was invariably served atnoon and night. To one whoneither ate nor drank any ofthese things the prospect didnot appear hopeful or joyous ;but we had been told of
The National geographic magazine . erians are good feeders and stiffdrinkers, but vodka, which is princi-pally alcohol, and quass, which is a redbeer distilled from rye bread, and strongtea served five times a da)- and takenby the tumblerful as freely as water, A Trip Through Siberia 49 were none of them any use tome. For food, cabbage soup,flavored with onions and gar-nished with sour milk, was theprincipal dish, and, with blackbread, was invariably served atnoon and night. To one whoneither ate nor drank any ofthese things the prospect didnot appear hopeful or joyous ;but we had been told of a Yan-kee from Maine who was theonly man in Khabarovsk thatcould speak English, and, asgood luck would have it, hewas the manager of a large de-partment store. There we out-fitted for the campaign and laidin supplies of crackers, jams,and mineral water to last usthrough to Blagovestchensk, aswe supposed. When oursteamer,the Cezsare-witch, started, she had two largesteel freight barges in tow. Thefirst nieht one ran into the
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