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CHAP. VI. 



Mr. Fltzherbert, now Lord St. Helens, arrives at St. Pa- 

 terfburgh. — The author fent from Karazu-bazar to Ac- 

 tiare, where he again meets Admiral Mackenzie.— 

 Vifits a curious old building there. — Mackenzie and he 

 receive prefents from fome of the Tartar Chiefs. — Re- 

 turns to head-quarters, and has a narrow efcape. — ^Po- 

 temkin retires to Krementchuck on account of his 

 health. — The arrival of a Circaflian Prince there as hof- 

 tage. — Plain where the battle of Pultowa was fought. — 

 Splendour of the Viceroy of Mofcow. — Anecdotes of 

 Potemkin, the Emprefs Catharine, and other remarkable 

 perfons. — The author prepares to leave Ruflia) quits the 

 Ri^ffian fervice, and fails for Copenhagen p. 36 



CHAP. vn. 



The author arrives at Copenhagen juft after the revolution 

 there. — Anecdotes of the King of Denmark. — Goes to 

 Pruflia. — Ceremony of entering Potfdam. — Frederic the 

 Great's mode of receiving reports. — Waits on Comtc 

 de Goertz.— Etiquette of prefentation to the King. — 

 Meets feveral diftinguifhed characters. — The Heredita- 

 ry Prince's apartments defcribed. — Receives permiflion 

 from the King to attend his mancxuvres. — Prefented to 

 the Queen, at the palace of Shoen Haufen, near Berlin. 

 — Accompanies the Prince on fome private expeditions. 

 —Is ordered to leave Potfdam. — The order revoked next 

 day. — Defcription of Potfdam. — Defcriptions and anec- 

 dotes of Frederic the Great. — Excellence of the Pruffian 

 troops .. — . .^ 52. 



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