A cynical fellow-passenger assured me that the temporary structure was destined to become permanent, because it yielded a comfortable revenue to certain officials, but this sinister prediction has not been verified.
* The journey would now be made by rail, but the branch line which runs near the bank of the river had not been constructed at that time.
That part of Novgorod which lies on the eastern bank of the river, and in which I took up my abode for several months, contains nothing that is worthy of special mention.

As is the case in most Russian towns, the streets are straight, wide, and ill-paved, and all run parallel or at right angles to each other.

At the end of the bridge is a spacious market-place, flanked on one side by the Town-house.

Near the other side stand the houses of the Governor and of the chief military authority of the district.

The only other buildings of note are the numerous churches, which are mostly small, and offer nothing that is likely to interest the student of architecture.