Its topographical depot is one of the best in Russia, and I managed, not without some difficulty, to obtain from it maps of Afghanistan and Baluchistan.

The latter I subsequently found better and far more accurate than any obtainable in England.

The most insignificant hamlets and unimportant camel-tracks and wells were set down with extraordinary precision, especially those in the districts around Kelat.
There is plenty of sport to be had round Tiflis.

The shooting is free excepting over certain tracts of country leased by the Tiflis shooting-club.

Partridge, snipe, and woodcock abound, and there are plenty of deer and wild boar within easy distance of the capital.