Sinopsis

Riding through and through the Caucasus unaccom- panied save hy native tribesmen, living with them, accept- ing their hospitality, studying their way of life and character, conforming as far as possible to their customs, noting their superstitions and prejudices, writing down their songs and legends, I became interested, likewise, in all that related to that strife with Russia in which they or their fathers had, almost without exception, taken part. Nor is this surprising ; for the whole country teemed with memories of the fighting days, and wherever we rode, wherever we rested " in walled cities, in villages, on the hills or the plains, in forest depths, in mountain fastnesses " there we...