TO THE SECOND EDITION. 
Letter to Mr. Whittington, from Casan, dated 
May l6th, J 807 . “I left Moscow on Tuesday 
the 5th of May ; and the first town at which I 
arrived was Vladimir, formerly the capital of an 
independent sovereignty, and the residence of a 
Grand Duke. The accommodations are such as 
are alone to be met with all over Muscovy ; one 
room, in which you sleep with the whole family, 
in the midst of a most suffocating heat and smell ; 
no furniture to be found, but a bench and table ; 
and an absolute dearth of provisions .” 
In the Extracts, added to the Notes, from Mr. 
Heber's Journal, there are certain observations 
which are said to be at variance with the remarks 
in the Text ; but it is hardly necessary to add, 
that they were introduced for this especial 
reason. Some persons have also insinuated, 
that the author has accused the Russians of 
want of hospitality ; although the very reverse 
may be proved from his writings. In describing 
the reception which he experienced at Moscoiv, 
he lays particular stress upon the hospitality of 
the inhabitants ; “ although ,” to use his own 
words in the Fourth Chapter of the present 
Volume, “ it ivas considered dangerous at that time to 
have the character of hospitality towards Englishmen." 
