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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-01-04 00:00:00

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liens all such), and on board slip ; yea, in bivouacs, just
enough to taste the extremest hardness of the bed mili-
tary ; and for the only contrivance utterly to vitiate our
. That and
--Jame disputed the palm.
nrftn kings and popes. Frederick the
—fred lying in a little tent bed, such as Vol-
, found him in at their first interview, shivering with
an ague ; and we learn from Horace Walpole's letters that
Pone Benedict the Fourteenth lay upon one no better
(the palliasse, most probably, of his convent), by the side
of the gorgeous canopy prepared for his rank.—Men,
Women, and Books.
A RUSSIAN BREAKFAST TABLE ON EASTER-DAY.—
In the centre of the table stood a sucking pig, flanked
with small hams. German sausages, chitterilngs, black
puddings, and large dishes of game. A magnificent pie,
containing at least a dozen hares, towered like a fortress
at one end of the table. The sondag and the sterlet,
those choice fish of Southern Russia, garnished with
aromatic herbs, betokened the vicinity of the sea.
Imagine, in addition to all these things, all sorts of cor-
dial waters, glass vases filled with preserves, and a multi-
tude of sponge cake castles, with their platforms, frosted
and heaped with bon-bons, and the reader will have an
idea of the profuse good cheer displayed by the Russian
lords on such occasions. On leaving the breakfast-table,
we proceeded to the place where the sports were held ;
but there I saw nothing of that hearty merriment that
accompanies a popular holiday. The women, in their best
attire, clung to the swings, I will not say gracefully, but
very boldly, and in a manner to shame the men, who
found less pleasure in looking at them than in gorging
with brandy in their smoky kabaks. Others danced to
the sound of the organ with cavaliers whose zig-zag
movements told of plenteous libations. We noticed on
this occasion an essential characteristic of the Russian
people. In this scene of universal drunkenness there was
no quarrelling; not a blow was stuck. Nothing can
arouse the Russians from their apathy ; nothing can
quicken the dull current of their blood ; they are slaves
even in drink. Such are the Easter festivities. As the
reader will perceive they consist on the whole of eating
and drinking inordinately. The whole week is spent in
this way, and during all that time the authority of the
master is almost in abeyance ; the coachman deserts the
stables, the cook the kitchen, the housekeeper the store
room : all are drunk, all are merry-making, all are intent
on enjoying a season of liberty so long anticipated with
impatience.—De Halls' Travels in Russia.

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