Note 5 — Chapter XLV · THE LOWER AMUR.

After this I thought the profession of an advocate profitable, and readily believed him when he told me that he possessed in Russia on the Volga nearly 8,000 acres of land, which cost about £1 an acre. It was the best land, he said, in all Russia; 600 acres he used for growing wheat, and the rest for rye, selling his corn to the merchants of Samara. He told me that in forensic matters things are reversed as between Russia and England, that whereas in England a barrister looks forward to being a judge, in Russia a judge (who is paid only £300 to £400 a year) looks forward to being an advocate, which he can become only after spending five years in court.