But there was a secret traffic which was not less active or less lucrative, though the Russian laws had made it punishable, and though the Russian divines pronounced it damnable.

In general the mandates of princes and the lessons of priests were received by the Muscovite with profound reverence.

But the authority of his princes and of his priests united could not keep him from tobacco.

Pipes he could not obtain; but a cow's horn perforated served his turn.

From every Archangel fair rolls of the best Virginia speedily found their way to Novgorod and Tobolsk.
The commercial intercourse between England and Russia made some diplomatic intercourse necessary.