[24] Vol. III., p. 247.
[25] Moo´ziks, Russian peasants.
[26] The Russian Campaign, April to August, 1915, by Stanley Washburn.
[27] Pee-aitr.
[28] The Thunderer; the blacksmith god of the ancient Norse. He is represented as wielding a hammer.
[29] The French word for a keepsake.
[30] Some of the earliest hand grenades used by our men were made of jam pots which came from the factory of Messrs. Tickler; hence the nickname.
[31] During 1915 Russia was busy developing the ice-free port of Alexandrovsk, at the mouth of the river Kola, but it was not available at the close of the year.
[32] King of ancient Persia from 485 to 465 B.C. He crossed the "Narrows" with a vast army in 481 B.C.
[33] King of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. He conquered all Western Asia, and even the north of India. As a soldier few of the great generals of history can compare with him.