Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.
CHAPTER IX.
Excursion on the Banks of the Dniepr--Doutchina--Election of the Marshals and Judges of the Nobility at Kherson--Horse-Racing --Strange Story in the "Journal des Debats"--A Country House and its Visiters--Traits of Russian Manners--The Wife of Two Husbands --Servants--Murder of a Courier--Appendix 55