210 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



The many forms of respect which are 

 paid the Russian Nobility and Gentlemen 

 and their Military and Naval Officers, 

 would hardly be accredited by any one who 

 lives aloof from despotic governments and 

 such, as I hope, we shall never see. As re- 

 gards the City of St. Petersburg, none in 

 Europe is to be compared to it for the regu- 

 larity of the buildings and their spacious 

 streets and fine light structure of their 

 houses. The iron bridges, connecting the 

 whole city on a base of seven islands, are 

 neat and fine specimens of architecture and 

 genius. Their marble Church is an elegant 

 and costly building. 



Peter the Great, mounted on a horse, 

 erected in bronze, and elevated on a large 

 rock enclosed in the same square with an 

 iron railing, has a noble appearance and 

 the singularity of the monument is, the rock 

 weighs several hundred tons and was trans- 

 ported from the battle ground on which 

 his army gained a great victory over the 

 Swedes. He was on this rock in the night 



