Though there are few provincialisms, and all classes of the people use the same words--except the words of foreign origin, which are used only by the upper classes--the peasant always speaks in a more laconic and more idiomatic way than the educated man.
In the winter months travelling is in some respects pleasanter than in summer, for snow and frost are great macadamisers.

If the snow falls evenly, there is for some time the most delightful road that can be imagined.

No jolts, no shaking, but a smooth, gliding motion, like that of a boat in calm water, and the horses gallop along as if totally unconscious of the sledge behind them.

Unfortunately, this happy state of things does not last all through the winter.

The road soon gets cut up, and deep transverse furrows (ukhaby) are formed.