TRAVELS

IN

RUSSIA,

&c. &c.

BY

WILLIAM RAE WILSON, Esq. F.S.A.

AUTHOR OF TRAVELS IN EGYPT, THE HOLY LAND, GREECE, ETC.; AND OF TRAVELS IN NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND DENMARK.

ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN.

LONDON:

Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,

New-Street-Square.

CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

CHAPTER I.

Departure from St. Petersburg. - Pavlovsky, seat of

the Empress Dowager. Palace of Tzarskoe Selo.

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Post-house at Podberos.

Novgorod. Rakhino.

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Extraordinary scene.

Peasantry, &c. - Volo-

chok. River Tvertza. - Torzhok.-Chonogros.-

Palace of Petrovsky. - Arrival at Moscow. Page 1