And, without stopping to remember clearly what was said, they all left their nests in a body and flew away. The Eagle started off to pursue them, but it was no use; the indolent life he had been living had so enervated him that he could hardly flap his wings. He returned to his mate, and uttered these words of wisdom— “Be this a lesson to Eagles!” But in what exactly the “lesson” consisted—whether it were that education is injurious to Eagles, or that Eagles are injurious to education, or, finally, that each is injurious to the other—that he never explained. THE WALTER SCOTT PRESS, NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE. ----- Footnote 1: In Russia marriages cannot be solemnised during the weeks appointed by the Greek Church as fasts. Footnote 2: The district of St. Petersburg in which stands the terminus of the Moscow railway. Footnote 3: The north-east district of St. Petersburg. Footnote 4: Literally, “Omelette” or “Custard.” Footnote 5: Government clerk. Footnote 6: “Bring some bread, my man.” Footnote 7: Son of a dog. Footnote 8: Pomòy—dish-water. Footnote 9: Yarỳzhnik—rake, roué. Footnote 10: Perepryèlyi—stewed too long. Footnote 11: Dỳrka—any little hole or gap. Footnote 12: “The Island,” in the singular, means the Vasìlyevsky Island. Footnote 13: The pious ejaculation used, with the sign of the cross, by strict members of the Orthodox Greek Church, on starting upon any enterprise, great or small. Footnote 14: Interval of one month between the Second and Third Pictures. Footnote 15: Warden’s Council. Footnote 16: Gentleman of the Emperor’s Bedchamber. Footnote 17: Sledge-driver. Footnote 18: Assistant to a village priest in Russia. Footnote 19: Long coat worn by Russian peasants. Footnote 20: Metropolitan. Footnote 21: In provincial places in Russia it is customary to use an abacus in adding up accounts. Footnote 22: Colloquial for “the wife of Lòpàtin.” Footnote 23: The Patronymic without the Christian name of the person addressed is a common colloquialism. Footnote 24: A Russian proverb. Footnote 25: Russian hymn. Footnote 26: Russian sacred songs. Footnote 27: Special canticle on a Saint’s day. Footnote 28: In the Greek Church the psalms are divided up into a kind of rosary. Footnote 29: Literally “Pig’s ear.” Footnote 30: And I, at what risks and perils, go and waste myself expending saliva! What folly! Footnote 31: Extorsion des _nédoymkàs_, une espèce de peine corporelle, en vigueur en Russie, surtout dans le cas où le paysan, par suite d’une mauvaise récolte, n’a pas de quoi payer les impôts.—_Chenapan._[63] Footnote 32: Oh, my poor mother! Oh, my sister, wasting her youth in the vain hope of a husband! Footnote 33: “The law, good gracious, we have fifteen volumes of law!” Footnote 34: 1853. Footnote 35: