[11] Probably intended for _khalva_, a very rich paste of honey and
nuts.
[12] Count Bobrinsky's extensive beet-sugar factories, in southwest
Russia.
[13] Evidently "infusoriae."
[14] Pyramids.
[15] There was a very great difference in the value of silver and paper
money in Russia at that date, and the Englishmen chose wisely.
[16] Walrus ivory.
[17] AUTHOR'S NOTE. "Priest Feodot" is not a pure invention; the
Emperor Alexander Pavlovitch, before his death in Taganrog, did
confess to a Priest, Alexyei Feodotoff-Tchekovskoy, who thereafter was
styled "his Majesty's Confessor," and who was fond of calling this
purely fortuitous circumstance to the attention of every one. So this
Feodotoff-Tchekovskoy is, evidently, the "Pope Feodot" of the legend.
[18] Zhukoff is a very coarse, Russian-grown tobacco.