MOSCOW. 
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chap, for use, may perhaps, in a solitary instance or 
. v ' , two, greet the eye ; but this will be found to 
be the only estimable work throughout their 
gilded shelves'. 
Equipages. After London and Constantinople, Moscow is 
doubtless the most remarkable city in Europe. 
A stranger, passing rapidly through the streets, 
might pronounce it to be dull, dirty, and unin- 
teresting ; while another, having resided there, 
would affirm, that it had rather the character 
of a great commercial and wealthy metropolis. 
If the grandeur and the riches of its inhabitants 
be estimated by the splendour of their equi- 
pages, and the number of horses attached to 
each, Moscow would surpass all the cities of 
the earth. There is hardly an individual above 
the rank of a plebeian who would be seen 
without four horses to his carriage : the gene- 
rality have six. But the manner in which this 
pomp is displayed presents a pei Sect burlesque 
upon stateliness. A couple of ragged boys are 
placed as postillions, before a coachman, in 
such sheep-skins as are worn by peasants in 
the woods: behind the carriage are stationed 
(1) The library of Count BotterVme, hereafter noticed, deserved a 
different character; but perhaps, before the author can make the ex- 
ception, the valuable Collection of this nobleman has been dispersed. 
