Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.
CHAPTER X.
Departure for the Caspian--Iekaterinoslav--Potemkin's Ruined Palace--Paskevitch's Caucasian Guard--Sham Fight--Intolerable Heat--Cataracts of the Dniepr--German Colonies--The Setcha of the Zaporogues--A French Steward--Night Adventure--Colonies of the Moloshnia Vodi--Mr. Cornies--The Doukoboren, a Religious Sect 69