Show in frozen in russia where the cold ie very intense the markets are very curious things the meat is frozen the carcases of dead animals as sheep and pigs stand upright outside the stalls everything even game and poultry requires to be thawed before it can be cooked and the market peoples dress is as picturesque it is warm and comfortable then the rivers are frozen over all the winter long and so thick is the ice that every one can skate anywhere and any time stalls are put up on the ice and busy markets held there i in the asiatic part of russia the people live chiefly by hunting and fishing and the fur of the russian animals is very beautiful arthe ermine fox sable sea otter and others at the end of the winter when the snow melts the huntsman pursues the elk wearing long shoes in which he can glide over the snow very quickly while the poor elk sinks into the snow deeper and deeper every step and is at last overtaken and |