In The Streets Of St. Petersburg

All the main streets are alivo with droschkies. Their horses aro, as a rule, small; but they go fairly wcll, and they i are surprisingly cheap. Farcs are always settled by bargain. Absolute free traae prevails in tbis despotic land. There is no tarilï. 'ares are fixed by the higgling of the market, so bcloved by the political economist, and a lively higgling it is, especially when you do I not know a word of Eussian, and the isvostchik is ecraally innocent of any langucie but bis own. I never found any diüiculty. You niake a si.al, and down swoop upon you all the isvostchiks within sight, ' each cager f or your custom. Holding up the coin of the resina which you are wüling to give for the ride, you mention your dcstination. A chorus of protests bursts out, which presumably throw scorn upon your oCer, but to you it is as the chattering of crows. You thcn wali oLI, followed by one or more isvostchiks, to whoin you renew your oiïer. Seeing I you are obdurate, ono of them wül cry "pojalooyte," you jump in, and the bargain ij complete. The driver sits on a perch i;i front of you; you eit behind, od a seat v.-!üc!i v-ül held two. As thero is no rest for the l:ack the lady is supported by the e.rm of her fcllow traveler, a custom which has a very pretty cCcct, and is apparcntly vcry