Book, Chapter
1 I, IV | either in the choice of horses in preference to others,
2 I, IV | hundred camels, four hundred horses, twenty-five wagons, two
3 I, IV | post-carriages, steamboats, relays of horses, were at everyone’s disposal,
4 I, IV | annoying consequences.~“All the horses in Siberia will be requisitioned,”
5 I, IV | After requisitioning the horses, they will take the boats,
6 I, VI | lowered; the old broken-winded horses of the traveling vans came
7 I, VIII| drawn by good Siberian horses, will always go faster than
8 I, IX | rejected by others. As to horses, as long as the Czar’s courier
9 I, IX | vehicle should he harness his horses? To a telga or to a tarantass?
10 I, IX | first stage was, like his horses, a Siberian, and no less
11 I, IX | copecks a verst for the horses. The “eagle” is the traveler
12 I, IX | down hill. The two other horses seemed to know no other
13 I, IX | socks; I have seen my sleigh horses covered with a coating of
14 I, IX | as there was no want of horses, he did not trouble himself
15 I, IX | Eagles!”~“Let them put the horses to as soon as possible.”~
16 I, X | axles, the snorting of the horses, and the clattering of their
17 I, X | front of the tarantass.~The horses stopped short.~“Get up,
18 I, X | his seat and seized the horses’ heads, for terrible danger
19 I, X | precipice. The frightened horses reared, and their driver
20 I, X | difficulty, to master the horses.~The storm now raged with
21 I, X | efforts and those of the horses, was gradually blown back,
22 I, X | of the slope.”~“But the horses won’t move!”~“Do as I do,
23 I, X | the other.~Thus urged, the horses began to struggle onward.
24 I, X | to be lost, and the tired horses once more moved forward.
25 I, XI | not risk the carriage and horses!”~“I will go on foot,” replied
26 I, XI | of a telga; no driver, no horses. Is it not a joke?”~“No
27 I, XI | will lend you one of my horses, harness it to the remains
28 I, XI | then occupied.~Two of the horses, terrified at the presence
29 I, XI | succeeded in recapturing his two horses, reappeared. He cast a regretful
30 I, XI | intention of loaning one of the horses.~“As you please,” replied
31 I, XI | hinder part. One of the horses was now harnessed by means
32 I, XII | troublesome a matter to find horses and vehicles when going
33 I, XII | only to harness three good horses to it to take him swiftly
34 I, XII | only long enough to change horses, and must travel day and
35 I, XII | girl? Three strong swift horses were taking her across that
36 I, XII | their camels, and their horses, were taking refuge in the
37 I, XII | the wire. At each relay horses were to be had on the usual
38 I, XII | pressed rapidly forward. The horses, urged on by the iemschik,
39 I, XII | them along the road. As his horses were evidently less fatigued
40 I, XII | postillion was thrashing his horses with all his might, and
41 I, XII | as to make sure of fresh horses. They said a word to their
42 I, XII | a regular race; for the horses of the berlin— no doubt
43 I, XII | was poorly provided with horses. Two carriages were perhaps
44 I, XII | Strogoff immediately asked for horses. He had been fortunate in
45 I, XII | distancing the berlin. Only three horses were fit to be harnessed.
46 I, XII | traveler will dispute the horses with you?”~“I particularly
47 I, XII | held a short-handled whip.~“Horses,” he demanded, with the
48 I, XII | have no more disposable horses,” answered the postmaster,
49 I, XII | impossible.”~“What are those horses which have just been harnessed
50 I, XII | Michael then advanced.~“These horses are engaged by me,” he said.~“
51 I, XII | the postmaster, “Let the horses be put into my berlin,”
52 I, XII | unwilling also, by giving up his horses, to delay his journey, and
53 I, XII | should he appeal to them.~“My horses will remain in my carriage,”
54 I, XII | You will not give up your horses to me?”~“No,” answered Michael.~“
55 I, XII | straight in the face.~“The horses this moment,” said the man,
56 I, XII | drawn by the tarantass’ horses, was driving rapidly away
57 I, XIII| to supply them with fresh horses until the next morning,
58 I, XIII| know that man who took my horses?”~“No.”~“Had you never seen
59 I, XIII| 24th of July, three strong horses were harnessed to the tarantass.
60 I, XIII| longed to give wings to the horses. Something told her that
61 I, XIII| Ichim. They rapidly changed horses. Here, however, for the
62 I, XIII| steppe, and that travelers, horses, and carriages would be
63 I, XIII| ferryboat with the tarantass and horses, as he feared that the weight
64 I, XIII| tarantass and the three horses on board. The passengers
65 I, XIII| could land the tarantass and horses, and dash off with them,
66 I, XIII| let fly, and two of the horses were mortally wounded.~At
67 I, XIV | Tartars bivouacked. The horses, picketed but still saddled,
68 I, XIV | or to sell a carriage or horses. There remained the difficulty
69 I, XV | feared, he found neither horses nor carriages. Several Tartar
70 I, XV | for the sound of galloping horses upon the steppe. Nothing
71 I, XV | villages, neither carriages nor horses were to be had.~Michael
72 I, XVI | fields, trodden down by horses’ hoofs, afforded but too
73 I, XVI | profoundly dark. The sound of the horses’s hoofs alone was heard
74 I, XVI | It was like the noise of horses’ hoofs at some distance
75 I, XVI | approached the wood the horses’ pace was slackened. The
76 I, XVI | bivouacking near, to rest their horses and allow the men to take
77 I, XVI | take some refreshment. The horses were soon unsaddled, and
78 I, XVI | gay-colored cloaks.~The horses, which were feeding at liberty
79 I, XVI | smaller than the Turcomanian horses, but are possessed of remarkable
80 I, XVI | with all the speed of our horses. He has either remained
81 I, XVI | hour’s rest, although their horses could not have been changed
82 I, XVI | of the trees, but their horses were gradually penetrating
83 I, XVI | of seizing one of these horses, but he recollected that,
84 I, XVI | least neigh.~A few Usbeck horses raised their heads, and
85 I, XVI | and ran to seize their horses. Michael leaped on his steed,
86 I, XVI | toward the Obi.~The Usbecks’ horses being unsaddled gave him
87 I, XVI | heard the tramp of several horses gradually gaining on him.~
88 I, XVI | digging their spurs into their horses’ sides, they gradually diminished
89 II, II | horsemen can bathe their horses in the now Tartar waters.
90 II, II | steppes to the Turcoman horses to consume. It is to take
91 II, II | and Blount, having bought horses, had already taken the road
92 II, VI | kibitka is drawn by three horses, but this had but one, a
93 II, VII | travelers, carriages, and horses, the passage of the Yenisei
94 II, VIII| were therefore thrown on horses and hurried away; Nicholas
95 II, IX | comfortable tarantass, fresh horses, well-kept post-horses assured
96 II, IX | of burden in the country; horses, camels—all had been either
97 II, X | the Emir.~Having procured horses they had left Tomsk the
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