The governor of the province had published an order identical with that of Nijni-Novgorod.

Police officers and a few Cossacks kept order among the crowd, and cleared the way both for the passengers who were disembarking and also for those who were embarking on board the Caucasus, minutely examining both classes of travelers.

The one were the Asiatics who were being expelled; the other, mujiks stopping at Kasan.
Michael Strogoff unconcernedly watched the bustle which occurs at all quays on the arrival of a steam vessel.

The Caucasus would stay for an hour to renew her fuel.

Michael did not even think of landing.