MOSCOW. 
in picking my companion’s pocket of his hand” 
kerchief 1 . 
Soon after, the archbishop descended, and 
went all round the cathedral ; first offering in- 
cense to the priests, and then to the people as 
he passed along. When he had returned to 
his seat, the priests, two by two, performed 
the same ceremony, beginning with the arch- 
bishop, who rose and made obeisance, with a 
lighted taper in his hand. From the moment 
the church doors were opened, the spectators 
had continued bowing their heads and crossing 
themselves ; insomuch, that some ot the people 
seemed really exhausted, by the constant mo- 
tion of the head and hands. 
We had now leisure to examine the dresses 
and figures of the priests, which were certainly 
the most striking we had ever seen. Their 
long dark hair, without powder, fell down, in 
ringlets, or straight and thick, far over their 
rich robes and shoulders, Their dark thick 
beards, also, entirely covered their breasts. 
Upon the heads of the archbishop and bishops 
were high caps, covered with gems, and adorned 
( l j Like Potemkin, “ D'une main Jaisant ties sign's aux femmes 
qui lui plaisent, et de V autre des signes de croix” Lett, et Pens, du 
Prince de Ligne, tome ii. p. 6, 
