. 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 k there. The whole family is called, the bull-dog is let loose uponthe lover and seizes him by the coat, while all the members of the house-hold proceed to pound himwith saucepans, broomsticks,tongs, and other utensils thatcan be used for hostile pur-poses. Round and round goesthe frightened mujik. Thedog clings to the mujikscoat, the master seizes thedog by the tail, the mistressclutches the master by thecoat, and so the whole triois dragg
. 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 k there. The whole family is called, the bull-dog is let loose uponthe lover and seizes him by the coat, while all the members of the house-hold proceed to pound himwith saucepans, broomsticks,tongs, and other utensils thatcan be used for hostile pur-poses. Round and round goesthe frightened mujik. Thedog clings to the mujikscoat, the master seizes thedog by the tail, the mistressclutches the master by thecoat, and so the whole triois dragged by the rest of the party con-tinue their pounding, whichthey alternate by throwingmissiles in the shape ofplates, potatoes, and any-thing else the kitchen af-fords. The audience is wildwith delight, especially asthe blows fall quite as often on the other characters as on the mujik. Finally the maid-servantcomes to her lovers relief by throwing a bunch of fire-crackers among hisenemies and blowing them up; thereupon the lover dashes through thedoor, carrying with him the adhering bull-dog, and the curtain falls amidrounds of applause. 9. KRILOFF S STATUE IN THK SUMMKR GARDEN, ST. PETERSBURG. 130 THE BOY TRAVELLEES IN THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE. CHAPTER YII. NEWSPAPERS IN RUSSIA.—THEIR NUMBER, CHARACTER, AND INFLUENCE.—DIFFI-CULTIES OF EDITORIAL LIFE.—THE CENSORSHIP.—AN EXCURSION TO PETER-HOF, ORANIENBAUM, AND CRONSTADT. — SIGHTS IN THE SUMMER PALACE.—CRONSTADT AND THE NAVAL STATION.—THE RUSSIAN NAVY.—THE RUSSIANARMY: ITS COMPOSITION AND NUMBERS.—THE COSSACKS.—ANECDOTES OF RUS-SIAN MILITARY LIFE. THE conveisation about Kriloff and the visit to tlie opera naturallyturned the thoughts of the youths in the direction of Kussian litera-ture, journalism, and dramatic ^productions. Frank was curious to knowabout the newspapers of the country, while Freds first inquiry referredto the works of its poets, historians, and dramatists. We will begin with the newspape
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