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Updated: May 9, 2025
"SDRASTVETEH," responded the clear voice of Phillipeus; and then followed the history of the Danzig's voyage. "We had a good voyage to Ayan, and staid there four days. We are five days out, and passed through a heavy gale on the second day. Going to Ghijiga." Then we replied with the story of our cruise and asked for news from Europe. "War in progress.
As I walked among them each hailed me with sdrastveteh, the Russian for 'good-morning. I endeavored to reply with the same word, but my pronunciation was far from accurate. Near these natives there were several Yakuts and Tunguze, with physiognomies unlike the others.
The night was one of the finest I ever witnessed at sea; the moon full and not a cloud visible, and the wind carrying us four or five miles an hour. The brig was lying to, and we passed close under her stern, shortening our sail as we approached her. Everybody was on deck and curious to learn the news. "SDRASTVETEH," shouted Captain Lund when we were in hearing distance.
Sometimes we were hailed with the Russian salutation of 'sdrastveteh. In one boat I saw a Goldee belle dressed with considerable taste and wearing a ring in the cartilage of her nose. How powerful are the mandates of Fashion! This damsel would scorn to wear her pendants after the manner of Paris and New York, while the ladies of Broadway and the Boulevards would equally reject the Goldee custom.
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