Note 9 — Chapter XLVI · THE GILYAKS.
Reading edition
Weddings, however, are expensive, for all the relatives expect to be invited, and they sometimes drink several gallons of Chinese khanshin. The drinking of this, I am told, causes not only intoxication, but among these people violence akin to madness. It is sold by weight, and costs tenpence per Russian pound, but its importation is strictly forbidden by Russian law.