Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c.
CHAPTER XI.
Marioupol--Berdiansk--Knavish Jew Postmaster--Taganrok--Memorials of Peter the Great and Alexander--Great Fair--The General with Two Wives--Morality in Russia--Adventures of a Philhellene--A French Doctor--The English Consul--Horse Races--A First Sight of the Kalmucks 82