MOSCOW. 
very serious turn ; for tire police-officers inter- 
fering, the young men, who had thus docked 
themselves, were apprehended in the public 
walks, severely reprimanded, and compelled to 
wear false hair; and we were obliged to use 
the utmost circumspection, lest we should also 
be apprehended, and perhaps treated with 
more rigour. 
The dances were called Quadrilles, Polonese, 
and English. The Waltz, once their favourite, 
had been prohibited. But whatever name they 
gave to their dances, they were all dull, and 
consisted merely in a sort of promenade. Neither 
the men nor the women exhibited the slightest 
degree of animation in the exercise, but seemed 
to consider it as a sort of apology for not 
sitting still. Every person wore a full dress ; 
the men appearing either in uniform, or in 
coats of very rich embroidery. 
acknowledgment of his faith is made with regard to the pickpocket in 
the Cathedral, stealing during his devotions : but he denies even the 
possibility of another theft, mentioned in p. 92. It is for this writer 
to explain why he should deny the least improbable story of the three ; 
especially as there are many living witnesses of its truth. In stating 
the time of our residence in Russia, with a degree of accuracy highly 
characteristic of his countrymen, instead of calculating the period 
from the day of our arrival, he dates it from that of our departure l 
