1There was no help for it, so I hired six oxen and a few Ossetes.
2The "joint team" is as common among the Lezghines as it is among the Ossetes.
3I ordered the Ossetes to put my portmanteau into the cart, and to replace the oxen by horses.
4The Ossetes surrounded me clamorously and demanded tips; but the staff-captain shouted so menacingly at them that they dispersed in a moment.
5They say," he added, pointing to the Ossetes, "that they will lead us there if you will give them a tip."
6Among the Ossetes the arbiters from three oldest villages enjoy a special reputation (M. Kovalevsky's Modern Custom and Old Law, Moscow, 1886, ii.