Henry T. Allen.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Barzoi—long-haired greyhound, wolf-hound, Russian greyhound.
[2] The Waldeir hills, extending east and west half-way between St. Petersburg and Moscow, are the only exception.
[3] Vint—game of cards resembling whist, boaston and préférence.
[4] The bear is caricatured in Russian publications as a humorous, light-hearted, joking creature, conversing and making common sport with the golden-hearted moujik, his so-called brother.
[5] Hunter-gentleman, huntsman, man of the hunt—conventional terms.
[6] Though not pertinent to the subject, I cannot refrain from relating a curious comparison made to me by a very intelligent Russian, aide-de-camp general of the late Emperor: "Just as the scarcity of women in early American times caused them to be highly appreciated and tenderly cared for, so the relative scarcity of men in early Russia caused the Government to appreciate them and to preserve them at all hazards. Logically follows the exalted position of woman to-day in the United States and the absence of capital punishment in Russia."
[7] There are two varieties: the so-called white hare and the so-called red hare. The former becomes white in winter, and weighs, when full grown, ten pounds; the latter has a reddish gray coat which does not change, and weighs about one and a half pounds less than the other variety. The red hare frequents the fields less than does the white. The foxes are the ordinary red ones.
[8] In Northern Russia, owing to the extensive forest, brush and marsh lands, every effort was made to utilize the small open spaces or clearings for the greyhounds, and this was the usual way of hunting; while in Southern Russia, where steppes predominate, the open hunt—chasse à courre—prevailed. This explains why the Crimean barzoi also has more endurance than the now recognized type from the north.