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of obedience by thofe fmatterings of knowledge* 

 which only ferve to lead to infubordination 

 and mutiny. 



CHAP. VI 



Mr. Fitzherherty nozv Lord St. HelenSy arrives at 

 St. Peterjhurgh. — 'The author fent from Karazu^ 

 bazar to Affiare^ where he again meets Admiral 

 Mackenzie. — Vifits a curious old building there. 

 — Mackenzie and he receive prcfentsfromfome 

 of the Tartar Chiefs. — Returns to head-quart ers, 



^ and has a narrow efcape. — Potemkin retires to 

 Krementchuck on account of his health. — The ar- 

 rival of a Circajftan Prince there as hoftage, 

 — Plain where the battle of Pultowa was fought. 

 — Splendour of the Viceroy of Mofcow. — Anec- 

 dotes of PotemkiUy the Emprefs Catharine, and 

 other remarkable perfons. — The author prepares 

 in leave Ruffia ; quits the Ruffian fervice, and 

 fails for Copenhagen, 



As it is my intention hereafter to publiih a 

 hiftory of my campaigns, I Ihall hear fay 

 very little on that fubjedl. Some time in 

 Auguft 1783, we learnt at the army that 

 Mr. Fitzherbert, (now Lord St, Helens,) had 



arrived 



