[20] By the transposition of a letter, the old armorer contrives to
call them "whistle-Cossacks."
[21] Cossack whip--really, the Tatar whip used by the Cossacks, and all
mountaineers, of the Tatar and Mongolian tribes. It is a short, thick,
round leather lash, all of one size, without a tapering tip.