Note 7 — Chapter LIII · RUSSIANS AFLOAT.
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Each ship has, I believe, its particular ikon, as I found at Kara was the case with each company of Cossacks, who carry the picture in a special carriage. Some of the ikons that have accompanied Tsars to the battlefield are treasured very highly in Russia. Private individuals, when travelling, frequently carry with them ikons, before which in their lodging they light lamps, as I saw in the case of a merchant at Tomsk.