FOOTNOTES:

[3] Sheep's-Waters or Springs.—Translator.

[4] Easter.—Translator.

[5] A decidedly vulgar pun in the original.—Translator.

[6] Derived from tchulók, stocking.—Translator.

[7] Meaning male serfs. The women and children were not reckoned.—Translator.

[8] The large music-room, also used for dancing, as a play-room for the children in winter, and so forth, in Russian houses.—Translator.

[9] By M. Y. Lérmontoff.

[10] The pronunciation is also indicated as being faulty.—Translator.