The Editor.

Contents

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Preface[v]
I. Childhood Adventure[1]
II. The First Deer of the Season[9]
III. The Booty Secured[17]
IV. A Big Catch and New Preparations[25]
V. "The Keta are Coming!"[35]
VI. Tiger! Tiger![42]
VII. The Night Alarm[52]
VIII. What Came from Attending a Skodka[57]
IX. The Hunt[67]
X. The Hunt—Continued[78]
XI. A Journey[86]
XII. A Garrison Town[97]
XIII. A Cossack Drill[105]
XIV. An Evening Visit[118]
XV. Lent and Easter[129]

List of Illustrations

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"The Horses Rushed Madly Forward" (see [page 111])[Frontispiece]
"Rode at Full Gallop Towards Us"[5]
"It Seemed to All of Us that they Could Never Reach Their Goal"[17]
"The Great Beast . . . Jumped Over the Seven-foot Fence"[54]
Alexis Pavlovitch[72]
Cossack Officers[118]