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Excerpt from Narrative of a Pedestrian Journey Through Russia and Siberian Tartary, From the Frontiers of China to the Frozen Sea and Kamtchatka: Performed During the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, and 1823 From my highland companion I received a pair of leather trim-4 sers, and parting With my amiable and universally beloved friend Mr. Rowan, commenced my Journey on foot. Passed, at two miles, the magnificent chateau of a Prince' Galitzin - (the great number of these princes must excuse my specification of them); after which, amid heavy rain and thunder, I passed through seve ral small villages to Bouncova, ly1ng m a well cultivated and pie turesque country. L was greatly fatigued with tvventy-five miles of heavy walk, and felt indeed a little melancholy. After a night's rest'bowever, I resumed with revived spirits, and reached Yose puche. The country IS 1nterest1ng, and adorned with many resi deuces belongmg to the lords of the village, but which are going to ruin as fast as time and neglect can push them. To Uchekit tinah 1s hill and dale, wood and water, all the way. I arrived at Vladimlr in time to breakfast, travelling during the night to escape the heat of the sun. My way of life had evidently excited an in terest in the peasantry among Whom I passed, several of them di vidihg their meals and sharing their fire and dwellings with me, with the most co'rdial good will. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.