“M.D. ... P.A.P.... Talotchka and Achmet.”
“Ivanof.”
“Trophim Sinepupof. Samara Town.”
“Ivanof.”
“Adel Soloveitchik from Minsk.”
“Ivanof.”
“From this height I delighted in the view of the sea.—C. NICODEMUS IVANOVITCH BEZUPRECHNY.”
“Ivanof.”
I have read his verses and remarks in all visiting books, and in Puskhin’s house, at Lermontof’s Cliff, and in the ancient monasteries have read: “The Troakofs came here from Penza, drank kvas and ate sturgeon. We wish the same to you,” or “Visited the natal ash-tray of the great Russian poet, Chichkin, teacher of caligraphy, Voronezh High School for Boys,” or—
“Praise to thee, Ai Petri, mountain white,
In dress imperial of fir.
I climbed up yesterday unto thy height,
Retired Staff-Captain Nikoli Profer.”