MOSCOW. 
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Bacchus and Indolence. Provisions were so VI _ * 
cheap when he was there, in the middle of the ' * ' 
last century, that a person might maintain 
himself for ten roubles a year ; not two pounds 
of our money. His account of the Easter fes- 
tival 1 proves that there was not much difference 
between the state of society in Tobolshy and in 
Moscow at that time ; and there is much less at 
present. 
A circumstance occurred during our abode 
in Moscow, attended by a trait of so much gene- - citizen, 
rosity in a Russian, that it is a duty to relate 
it. On Wednesday the seventh of May, the 
Sub-Governor received an order for his exile to 
Siberia. No reason whatever was assigned for 
the displeasure of the Emperor ; no offence w as 
alleged. The whole city flocked to take leave 
of him, for he was much beloved : and dan* 
gerous as such a testimony of affection might 
(1) “ Les gens les plus considerables sc rendoient visites, et se don- 
noient dcs divertissemens. Quant au people, 11 dtolt fou '• “ 
n’£toit jour et nuit que promenades, cris, tumultes, batteries, 
dtoit difficile (Taller dans les rues, taut ily avoit d’hommes, de femmes, 
de bites, et de tratneaux.” Voyage de SMrie, tradnit par Keraho, 
tom. I. p. 53. , 
“ On passe gaiement les files de Piques it reytvoir et fa.re des 
risites. Le peuple s’mnusa it sa maniire ; ce dout il s’occupa e 
plus fut le commerce das filles publiques, qui nc sont pas rare* it 
Tobolsk. Je n’avois vft uulle part tant de gens sans nez que j en vu 
ici.” Ibid. p. 67. 
