MOSCOW. 



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out of its side which leaves a door open for easy access 

 to the curious who wish to visit its ample interior. 

 What a tongueless mouth ! What a dead thunderer ! But 

 we must ascend the tower. We first pass a huge bell 



THE GREAT BELL OF MOSCOW. 



which in size looks like the eldest son or wife of the dead 

 one below, weighing about sixty-four tons, and requiring 

 three men to swing its clapper ; then up another storey, 

 meeting about fifty more bells, diminishing in size as the 



