I was travelling post from Tiflis.
All the luggage I had in my cart consisted of one small portmanteau half filled with travelling-
notes on Georgia; of these the greater part has been lost, fortunately for you; but the portmanteau
itself and the rest of its contents have remained intact, fortunately for me.
As I entered the Koishaur Valley the sun was disappearing behind the snow-clad ridge of the
mountains. In order to accomplish the ascent of Mount Koishaur by ni ...