A BOAT ON THE VOIvGA RIVJiR 



The Russian gets no enjoyment on the water. On an ideal Sunday afternoon in 

 midsummer we made an excursion to Sparrow Hill, in the suburbs of Moscow. From its 

 summit we could see the beautiful Moskva River, fringed with trees and meadows, winding 

 around the plain in which Moscow lies ; but on the river not a single pleasure boat, not even 

 a single canoe. The people of any other city of equal size in Germany, France, England, 

 or America (Moscow has i^ millions) would have covered the river on such an afternoon 

 with canoes and pleasure craft. 



Photos by Gilbert H. Giosvenor 



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