I enjoyed the excursion until the vehicle upset and left me sprawling on the gravel with two or three bruises and a prejudice against that kind of traveling.

By the time I gained my feet the dogs were disappearing in the distance, and fairly running away from the driver.

Possibly they are running yet.
An old weather beaten church and equally old barracks are near each other, an appropriate arrangement in a country where church and state are united.

The military garrison includes thirty Cossacks, who are under the orders of the Ispravnik.

They row the pilot boat when needed, travel on courier or other service, guard the warehouses, and when not wanted by government labor and get drunk for themselves.