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GEOGRAPHY. 



36 

 37 

 38 

 39 

 40 

 41 



43 



44 



28\ Imperial Library. 



29. The Pages' Building. 



30. Bank. 



30'. Gostinnoi Dwor. 



31. C hurch of the Ascension of Christ. 



32. Church of the Ascension of St. 



Marv. 



33. School of Civil Engineers. 



34. The Nicholas Market. 



35. Church of the Intercession of 



the Virgin Mary. 



New Arsenal and Foundry. 



Hospital for the Poor. 



Church of Christ's Glorification. 



Artillery Department. 



Imperial Gobelin Manufactory. 



Building of the Guard of Che- 

 valiers. 

 42. Church of St. Wladimir. 



Nobilitv Institute of the Im- 

 perial University. 



Technological Institute. 



45. Trinity Church. 



46. Building of the 2d Cadet Corps. 



47. Exercising School. 



48. St. Nicholas Church. 



49. Chemical Laboratory. 



50. Military Hospitals. 



51. Veterinary School. 



52. Medico-Chirurgical Academy. 



53. Palace of Grand Prince Michael. 



54. Imperial Archives. 



55. Main Custom House. 



56. Armenian Church. 

 House of Cossacks of the Don. 

 Catharine Institution. 

 PoHce Building. 



57. 

 58. 

 59. 

 60. 

 61. 

 62. 

 63. 



Magazine. 



House of Peter the Great. 

 Taurian Palace. 

 Convent of Smolna. 



64. City Hospital. 



65. Military Hospital. 



QQ. Convent of Alexander- Newsky, 

 with the Theological Academy. 



67. Mirror and Glass Works. 



68. Barracks of Cossacks of the 



Guard. 



69. Sugar Refineries. 



70. Institute of the Mining Corps. 



71. Marine Cadet School. 



72. Academv of Sciences. 



73. Academy of Arts. 



74. Buildings of the first Cadet Corps. 



75. Custom House Stores. 



76. Observatory. 



77. Exchange. 



77'. Old Palace of Peter the Great. 



78. Rope Walks. 



79. Brandy Depots. 



80. Herring Depots. 



81. Botanic Garden. 



82. Military Hospital. 



83. Church of Our Lady of Smolensk. 



5. Warsaw (Plate 37). 



Warsaw, the capital of the Russian Kingdom of Poland, is situated on 

 the left bank of the Weichsel, and has about 165,000 inhabitants, amongst 

 which are some 38,000 Jews, 7000 Protestants, and 3000 Greeks. About 

 one third of the city, which is about five miles long and two miles and a 

 balf broad, is occupied by gardens and open squares. The city itself 

 consists of mean houses (with 1400 stone buildings there are 1700 of wood) 

 and splendid palaces (of these there are no less than 180, public and private). 

 The inner town, divided into the Old and New, is exceeded in beauty by the 

 four suburbs, conspicuous amongst which is that of Praga, situated on the 

 opposite bank of the Weichsel, and with 8000 inhabitants. The principal 

 streets are Honey street, Long street. King's Street, Senator street, &c. 

 The most beautiful squares are Saxony Square, and those of Marieville and of 

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