MOSCOW. 
a groupe of lackeys, more tawdry, but not ciiap. 
less ludicrous, than their drivers. To give v — 
greater effect to all this, the traces of the 
harness are so long, that it requires considerable 
management to preserve the horses from being 
entangled, whenever they turn the corner of 
a street, or when they halt. Notwithstanding 
this, no stranger, however he may deride its 
absurdity, will venture to visit the nobles, if 
he wish for their notice, without four horses 
to liis chariot, a ragged coachman and postillion, 
and a parade of equipage that must excite his 
laughter in proportion as it insures their coun- 
tenance and approbation. 
Wives of tradesmen, during the season Costume, 
of their festivals, are seen driving about 
in droskies, with riches upon their persons suf- 
ficient to purchase a peerage. Caps made of 
matted work of pearls, with Turkish and Persian 
shawls, and diamond ear-rings, are often exhi- 
bited ; preserving, at the same time, the national 
costume, however costly the apparel. This 
costume is remarkably graceful when the shawl 
is worn, and as much otherwise when it is not. 
The shawl covers the head, and falls in thin 
folds over the shoulders, reaching almost to the 
feet. The celebrated Pallas gave to us a 
drawing representing the wife of a Russian 
