[A] Mahorka: a very cheap smoking mixture made from the stems of
tobacco.
[B] Taiga: the Siberian forest.
[C] Toyon: Chief.
[D] The Polyesie (The Woods), a district in southwestern or Little
Russia.
[E] Bandura, an ancient oriental musical instrument of the lute family.
[F] The Little Russians shave their heads bare, leaving only a long
tuft of hair in the middle.
[G] Gorelka: corn-whiskey.
[H] An interwoven mass of the stems of herbaceous plants often met with
on the steppes of Russia.
[I] Ten days after the Jewish New Year, which is celebrated in the
early Autumn, comes Yom Kippur, or the day of Purification, called by
the peasants of Little Russia the “Day of Atonement.” A superstition
exists among them that on this day the Jewish Devil Khapun (the
Snatcher) carries off one Jew each year out of the Synagogue. This
superstition probably had its origin in the extremely impressive
ceremonies which the Jews carry out at this season with extraordinary
zeal under the eyes of the Christian village population.
[J] Kvass: a foamy, fermented drink, made of brown flour and hops.