[6] Kootia is a dish of boiled rice and plums, eaten by Russians on Christmas Eve.
[7] Varenookha is corn brandy boiled with fruit and spice.
[8] A rank in irregular troops, corresponding to that of captain in the army.
[9] Borsch is a soup made of meat, sausages, and thin slices of beet-root and cabbage steeped in vinegar.
[10] Chief town of a district in the government of Poltava.
[11] Long coats made of sheepskins, with the fur worn inside. They are used in Russia by common people.
[12] The ovens of the peasants' cottages are built in the shape of furnaces, with a place on the top which is reserved for sleeping.
[13] About eightpence a yard.
[14] Little Russians shave beard and whiskers, leaving only their mustachios.
[15] Chief town of a district in the government of Chernigoff.