Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.

CHAPTER XVI.

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Entry into the Country of the Don Cossacks--Female Pilgrims of Kiev; Religious Fervour of the Cossacks--Novo Tcherkask, Capital of the Don--Street-lamps guarded by Sentinels--The Streets on Sunday--Cossack Hospitality and Good Nature--Their Veneration for Napoleon's Memory 134