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before, but less frequent. Still further west we passed into 

 the country of the Khirgese. They are cattle raisers. The 

 country in that section of Siberia is splendid, as fine as I ever 

 saw. Lakes and large ponds abound, and in the absence of 

 rivers they receive the drainage of the country. 



Continuing our journey westward an occasional pretty view 

 could be seen from the car windows as we climbed up the east- 

 ern slope of the Ural Mountains. We passed the boundary 

 post marking the line between Europe and Asia, in the night, 

 and in the morning ran down into the valleys of the western 

 slope. In that section of the Ural Mountains there is nothing 

 especially attractive about the scenery, but as we journeyed 

 still further west we came into a splendid farming country, with 

 the peasant villages and large estates, splendid farms and 

 wretched huts, indicating wealth for the land owners and 

 misery and poverty for the land workers. 



(Photograph No. 44.) 



Upon reaching Moscow we went to see the Kremlin and 

 the churches there, also the " Napoleon " church, or Church of 

 our Saviour. The latter is a new one, built to commemorate 

 the French campaign. It is a beautiful building, and is said to 

 be the finest church in Russia, but it is not to be compared with 

 the cathedrals of Milan, Florence, Cologne, or even those in 

 England. 



(Photographs Nos. 45 and 46.) 



We visited the Royal Palace (Photograph No. 50), where 

 all of the emperors of Russia go to be crowned. It is a beau- 

 tiful building. Since Peter the Great, St. Petersburg has been 

 the capital, but the coronation ceremonies are held in Moscow. 

 We visited many churches and museums, and among other 

 sights drove out to Sparrow Hill, where Napoleon had his first 

 view of Moscow. The view of the city from there is a very 

 fine one. 



(Photograph No. 47.) 



From Moscow we went to St. Petersburg (Photograph 

 No. 48), visited the American Embassy, the Royal Art Gallery, 

 the Monastery of Alexander, where we heard the monks sing- 

 ing the service, also the curious cemetery connected with the 

 monastery. We also drove through Alexander Park and the 

 islands in the Neva, as well as visited the cathedral built by 

 Peter the Great in the Peter and Paul Fortress, together with 



