CHAPTER XVII

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Origin of the Don Cossacks--Meaning of the Name--The Khirghis Cossacks--Races anterior to the Cossacks--Sclavonic Emigrations towards the East 137

## CHAPTER XVIII .

Journey from Novo Tcherkask along the Don--Another Knavish Postmaster--Muscovite Merchants--Cossack Stanitzas 154

## CHAPTER XIX .

First Kalmuck Encampments--The Volga--Astrakhan--Visit to a Kalmuck Princess--Music, Dancing, Costume, &c.--Equestrian Feats--Religious Ceremony--Poetry 162

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