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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL
IN
GREECE, TURKEY, RUSSIA,
AND
POLAND.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
"INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL IN EGYPT, ARABIA PETRÆA, AND THEHOLY LAND."
WITH A MAP AND ENGRAVINGS.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
SEVENTH EDITION.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
329 & 331 PEARL STREET,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1853.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838, by
Harper & Brothers,
in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME
Page
Choice of a Conveyance.—Hiring a Servant.—Another American.—Beginningof Troubles.—A Bivouac.—Russian Jews.—The Steppes ofRussia.—A Traveller's Story.—Approach to Chioff.—How to get rid of aServant.—History of Chioff.
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A lucky Encounter.—Church of the Catacombs.—A Visit to the Saints.—Atender Parting.—Pilgrims.—Rough Treatment.—A Scene of Starvation.—RussianSerfs.—Devotion of the Serfs.—Approach to Moscow.
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Moscow.—A severe Operation.—An Exile by Accident.—Meeting with anEmigré.—A civil Stranger.—A Spy.—The Kremlin.—Sepulchres of theCzars.—The great Bell.—The great Gun.—Precious Relics.
45
The Drosky.—Salle des Nobles.—Russian Gaming.—Gastronomy.—Pedroski.—ASunday in Moscow.—A Gipsy Belle.—Tea drinking.—TheEmperor's Garden.—Retrospective.
67
Getting a Passport.—Parting with the Marquis.—The Language of Signs.—Aloquacious Traveller.—From Moscow to St. Petersburgh.—TheWolga.—Novogorod.—Newski Perspective.—An unfortunate Mistake.—NorthernTwilight.
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Police Requisites.—The Russian Capital.—Equestrian Statue of Peterthe Great.—The Alexandrian Column.—Architectural Wonders.—TheSummer Islands.—A perilous Achievement.—Origin of St. Petersburgh.—Tombsof dead Monarchs.—Origin of the Russian Navy.
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