PETERSBURG. 
received visitors in an evening ; if four people 
were seen walking together ; if any one spoke 
too loud, or whistled, or sang, or looked too 
inquisitive, and examined any public building 
with too much attention ; he was in imminent 
danger. If he stood still in the streets, or fre- 
quented any particular walk more than another, 
or walked too fast or too slow, he was liable to 
be reprimanded and insulted by the police- 
officers. Mungo Park could hardly have been 
exposed to a more insulting tyranny among 
the Moors in Africa, than Englishmen experi- 
enced at that time in Russia, and particularly in 
Petersburg. They were compelled to wear a 
dress regulated by the police: and as every 
officer had a different notion of the proper 
mode of enforcing the regulation, they were 
constantly liable to interruption in the streets 
and public places, and to the most flagrant 
impertinence. This dress consisted of a three- 
cornered hat, or, for want of one, a round hat 
pinned up with three corners ; a long queue ; 
single-breasted coat and waistcoat ; and buckles, 
at the knees, and in the shoes, instead of 
strings. Orders were given to arrest any 
person who should be found wearing panta- 
loons. A servant was taken out of his sledge, 
and caned in the streets, for having too thick a 
neckcloth; and if it had been too thin, he 
