CHAPTER IX.

RETURN TO KERTCH.

Return to Heiman’s Datch--Bears--Stepan’s shooting apparatus--Journey to Duapsè--A delightful dinner--Interview with the Governor--Insects--German farm--A dangerous adventure--A wedding supper--Leave Duapsè for Ekaterinodar--Krimsky fair--Russian roughs--Peasant women--A show booth--A hazardous road--Inexpensive travelling--Ekaterinodar--_Table d’hôte_ at the Petersburg hotel--The treasury--Droshky-racing--A beaten rival--Caucasian fish--Arrival at Kertch 165