But a peer of the realm, and one whose rent-roll is sixty thousand per annum, does not go to ruin in a day.

His sudden career change was a bit of a wing and prayer.

The said Timofei is a gentleman who annually builds unto himself on the icy roadside above mentioned, half-way between Cronstadt and St. Petersburg, and right in the line of traffic, a small cabin, wherefrom he dispenses everything known to the Russian mind in the form of stimulant, from vodky at two kopeks the glass, to Pommery Sec at eight roubles a bottle.

We also barter'd all the Goods that were in the firſt Spaniſh Caravel, taken at our firſt ſetting out for other Commodities, and left all the Priſoners. A Caravel ſays Oforius lib. 2 is a Veſſel that has no round Top, nor any Timber acroſs the Top of the Maſt, but the Yard is made faſt a little below the Top. The Sails are triangular, and their lower Points are but little above the Deck.