CHAPTER X.

TIFLIS.

The Russo-Turkish War--Sukhoum--Alleged abundance of game--Poti--My fellow-travellers--Sport in Kutais--Arrival in Tiflis--Hotels and other features of the town--The British Consul--Organ-grinders in request--A ‘happy day’--Drinking habits--Native wines--German settlers--Shooting expedition--A caravan--Kariâs steppe--A lawless country--Fevers--Antelope-hunting--An unpleasant adventure: running for dear life--A wounded antelope--The lions of Tiflis--Museum and bazaar--Schoolboys--Prevalence of uniforms and orders--Phenomena of Russian life--Buying a travelling pass--Professor Bryce’s ascent of Ararat 186