[264] Afanasief, vii. No. 33. The name Léshy or Lyeshy is derived from lyes, a forest.
[265] Literally “as a lun,” a kind of hawk (falco rusticolus). Lun also means a greyish light.
[266] Ottogo ya i cyed chto chortof dyed.
[267] Afanasief, P.V.S., ii. 226.
[268] Afanasief, iv. No. 40. From the Tver Government.
[269] Translated literally from Afanasief, P.V.S. ii. 227.
[270] Yastreb = vulture or goshawk
[271] Quoted from Borichefsky (pp. 183-5) by Afanasief.
[272] Tereshchenko, v. 43, 44.
[273] Literally “Life disgusted them worse than a bitter radish.”