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JOURNEY FROM GEORGIEFSK, ste.

On the barren fteppe we met with fcarcely any other gamebut large and fmall buftards, hares, and partridges. Theappearance of the woodcocks, however, is very remarkable ;as thefe birds, notwithftanding the general fcarcity of wood,arrive here in numerous flights, during the winter, andfearch for their food around the ftacks of com, and onfallow lands.

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