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or waiting. A large tavern was overflowing, and every window 

 occupied ; in front of it, and under a large balcony or raised portico, 

 numerous parties were smoking and enjoying themselves. In one 

 part a crowd was collected round a military band ; in another spot a 

 temple was crammed. Some were flying at a fearful rate down what 

 the Parisians established in their 'capital under the denomination of 

 " Les Montagues Russes," and which amusement the Russians follow 

 with equal eagerness. In winter a frozen inclined plane is formed 

 upon the Neva, and they actually descend in sledges upon the ice. 

 The river was alive with boats, one of which we engaged, and 

 crossed over under the gardens belonging to the chateau of the 

 Master of the Hunt, where a superior military band was performing 

 some excellent pieces. After enjoying this animated and enlivening 

 scene till late, we were returning homewards, when our attention was 

 suddenly arrested by the most delicious, soft, and swelling music, 

 which came stealing down the river like the notes of an organ. On 

 making for the spot, we discovered it was the celebrated horn band, 

 similar to that which has gained such celebrity in England. They 

 were stationed in a boat, which was just allowed to drop gently down 

 with the stream. Being under the control of the Master of the 

 Hunt, their appointments are handsome the uniform green and 

 gold. We bent our course homeward by water, quite enraptured 

 with the novel and beautiful effect produced by this band, as well as 

 delighted with the whole scene. Our raptures were however effec- 

 tually cooled before we disembarked, by a tremendous storm of 

 thunder and lightning, accompanied by a deluge of rain, which sent 

 us home drenched to the skin. 



ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE." 



Certain great events occurring at different periods of the world, 

 have produced an important and momentous change in the condition 

 of society a change so striking as to have effected a complete revo- 

 lution in the manners, habits, and feelings of men, and to have 

 originated, as it were, a new order of beings. 



Man without education confined to a small spot condemned to 

 pass the prime of life, and the fast declining years of age in the same 

 place where first he drew breath becomes feeble and circumscribed 

 in intellect ; his understanding, though acute and vigorous by nature, 

 becomes utterly incapable of grasping those ideas which require an 

 enlarged and powerful comprehension. His desires, his wishes 

 bounded by the few objects which necessity points out as requisite for 

 the preservation of existence wander not beyond these limits. The 

 world, with him, means the province or district which he inhabits. 

 In short, his state is but a few degrees removed from that of the 

 animals who graze on his fields. 

 . To the effects produced by an enlarged intercourse with the world 



