TO MOSCOW. 
the carriage lets down upon the seat ; it contains 
leathern cushions, and a pillow covered with 
thin leather. The carriage has, besides, an 
imperial, a well, a sword-case which may be 
converted into a small library, and, instead of a 
window behind, a large lamp, so constructed 
as to throw a strong light without dazzling the 
eyes of those within. Thus provided, a person 
may travel night and day, fearless of want, of 
accommodation, or houses of repose. His car- 
riage is his home, which accompanies him 
everywhere ; and if lie choose to halt, or acci- 
dents oblige him to stop in the midst of a forest 
or a desert, he may sleep, eat, drink, read, write, 
amuse himself with any portable musical in- 
_ .rumen t, careless of the frosts of the North, or 
the dews, the mosquitoes, and vermin of the 
South. Over snowy regions, he places his house 
upon a sledge, and. when the snow melts, upon 
its wheels ; being always careful, where wheels 
are used for long journeys through hot countries, 
to soak them in water whenever he stops for 
the night. 
Setting out from Petersburg for the South of 
Russia, the traveller bids adieu to all thoughts 
of inns, or even houses with the common neces- 
saries of bread and water. He will not even 
find clean straw, if he should speculate upon 
