. 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 196 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN THE EUMIXE. kind under the impression that the fur grew on tlie back of a young cold weather, and ont-of-doors, it was all right, and no one could haveknown the difference; but when the weather grew warm, and a thawmade the atmosphere moist, mj friends coat was not a pleasant article ofwear. I believe he sold it to the man-ager of a glue factory, whose nose hadlost its sensitiveness thr
. 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 196 THE BOY TRAVELLERS IN THE RUSSIAN THE EUMIXE. kind under the impression that the fur grew on tlie back of a young cold weather, and ont-of-doors, it was all right, and no one could haveknown the difference; but when the weather grew warm, and a thawmade the atmosphere moist, mj friends coat was not a pleasant article ofwear. I believe he sold it to the man-ager of a glue factory, whose nose hadlost its sensitiveness through his pecul-iar occupation. So much for the materials, andnow for the garment. A Russianshooba, or cloak, extends from the headto the heels of the wearer; the sleevescover the finger-tips, or very nearly so, and the collar, when turned up, will completely encircle and conceal thehead. The head-covering is a cap of the pattern you see often in pictures,and once called in America the j^ork-pie. The coat is excellent for rid-ing purposes. One can walk a short distance in such a garment, but itis really inconvenient for a promenade. But as everybody who can afford to ride does so, the awkwardness
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