“... Miss Pratasoff then there
Named from her mystic office l’Eprouveuse,
A term inexplicable to the muse,
With her then, as in humble duty bound,
Juan retired.”—Byron.
[278] D’Abrantes, p. 294.
[279] Id. p. 297.
[280] Kohl.
[281] Golovin states that the whip is an article in frequent requisition in the conjugal state.
[282] Von Tietz, p. 73.
[283] Kohl. There is some difficulty in estimating the ruble from the difference in the currency of Russian silver coin. We believe this sum would be upward of a million dollars.
[284] Von Tietz says that, as regards morality, the institution does not work badly, for there are comparatively less illegitimate births at St. Petersburgh than in most other cities, but he gives no figures to support this assertion.
[285] Golovin.