It gave me a great thrill but I have had so many to-day, that I had almost forgotten that one.

For two days we jogged along through a level country with meanthatched huts and black crows flying continually and peasants in sheepskin coats, full in the skirt and tight at the waist, with boots or thongs of leather around their feet.
The women wore boots too and all the men who were not soldiers had their hair cropped short like mops.

We could not find any one who understood any language, so as we never knew when we would stop for food, we ate at every station and I am of the opinion that for months I have been living on hot tea and caviar and hash sandwiches.

The snow fell an inch deep on Wednesday and dried up again in an hour and the sun shone through it all.

So on the whole it was a good trip and most interesting.