CHAPTER VIII GOING UP THE KAMA.
THE next day, the 18th of July, at twenty minutes to seven in the morning, the Caucasus reached the Kasan quay, seven versts from the town.
Kasan is situated at the confluence of the Volga and Kasanka.

It is an important chief town of the government, and a Greek archbishopric, as well as the seat of a university.

The varied population preserves an Asiatic character.

Although the town was so far from the landing-place, a large crowd was collected on the quay.

They had come for news.