3*6^ THE LIFE 05" 



of obedience by thofe fmatterings of knowledge 

 which only ferve to lead to infubordination 

 and mutiny. 



CHAP. VI 



Mr, Fitzherhert y now Lord St. Helens y arrives at 

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

 bazar to A^iare^ 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 

 Kremenichuck on account of his health. — The ar^ 

 rival of a Circajftan Prince there as hojlage* 

 — Plain zvhere the battle of Pultowa was fought. 

 — Splendour of the Viceroy of Mofcow. — Anec^ 

 dotes of PotemhUy the Emprefs CatharinCy and 

 other remarkable perfons. — The author prepares 

 t9 leave RuJJia ; quits the RuJJian fervice, and 

 fails for Copenhagen. 



As it is my intention hereafter to publifh 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 



