I will send a man on at once to try and get a boat for you, and you can pull the horses after you.

There is an Armenian at Alala, who will give you a lodging to-night" Mr.V---- 's good fare and several glasses of vodka considerably shortened our ride, and we arrived at Alala before dark, where a hearty welcome awaited us.

Turning in after a pipe and two or three glasses of tea, we slept soundly till time to start in the morning.

The outlook from our snug resting-place was not inviting--the sky of a dirty grey, blowing hard, and snowing harder than ever.
Alala contains about eight hundred inhabitants.

The land surrounding it is thickly cultivated with rice and tobacco.