[24] June 29 (O. S.)--July 13 (N. S.).--TRANSLATOR.
[25] Formerly all Moscow houses were obliged to get their water in
barrels on wheels from the river or from public fountains. Birch-wood is
still used for cooking and heating.--TRANSLATOR.
[26] A pud is about thirty-six pounds, English.--TRANSLATOR.
[27] A peculiarly shaped and delicious wheaten roll, which is made
particularly well in Moscow.--TRANSLATOR.
[28] St. Petersburg.--TRANSLATOR.
[29] Mínin, the burgher of Nízhni Nóvgorod, and Prince Pozhársky, who
led the Russians against the invading Poles in 1612, and expelled them
from Russia. Their expulsion was followed by the election to the throne
of the first Románoff Tzar, Mikhaíl Feódorovitch.--TRANSLATOR.
[30] These kisses are bestowed on the cheeks, alternately.--TRANSLATOR.
[31] Amy or Charity.--TRANSLATOR.