Revelations of Siberia volume 1
Revelations of Siberia volume 1
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The Samoiedes, from the shores of the Frozen Ocean, arrive here in August, to fetch corn-brandy or whisky. Berezov is the last northern point in the government of Tobolsk, where that article can be obtained from the government stores. All the inhabi- OF SIBERIA. 289 tants of this cold clime betray an excessive proneness for intoxication, and therefore the Government deem it right to restrict the use of ardent spirits as much as possible, by means of most stringent regulations framed for that pu...rpose. Illicit importation of whisky into the interior is severely forbidden, except what can be bought from the stores of this place, and it is even fixed by law, what quantity of spirits can be obtained from the stores, either for private use or for sale. But, as it commonly happens in Eussia, the intention of the law is set aside, and its best provisions defeated. The passion of the Ostiaks and Samoiedes for intoxication is so strong, that they will travel a himdred versts for no other pui'pose than to muddle their heads with whisky, and thus large cargoes of it are smuggled to their settlements from other parts.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The Samoiedes, from the shores of the Frozen Ocean, arrive here in August, to fetch corn-brandy or whisky. Berezov is the last northern point in the government of Tobolsk, where that article can be obtained from the government stores. All the inhabi- OF SIBERIA. 289 tants of this cold clime betray an excessive proneness for intoxication, and therefore the Government deem it right to restrict the use of ardent spirits as much as possible, by means of most stringent regulations framed for that pu...rpose. Illicit importation of whisky into the interior is severely forbidden, except what can be bought from the stores of this place, and it is even fixed by law, what quantity of spirits can be obtained from the stores, either for private use or for sale. But, as it commonly happens in Eussia, the intention of the law is set aside, and its best provisions defeated. The passion of the Ostiaks and Samoiedes for intoxication is so strong, that they will travel a himdred versts for no other pui'pose than to muddle their heads with whisky, and thus large cargoes of it are smuggled to their settlements from other parts.
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