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