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MOSCOW. 
CHAP. 
VI. 
' 
Convent of 
the Trinity . 
and science, qualifications for the knout. The 
author of ‘ Mon Voyage a Moscou,' even during 
the reign of Catherine, had atoned for the 
brilliancy of his understanding in the wilder- 
nesses of Tobolsky 1 . The number of Paul’s 
prohibitions became so numerous, and many of 
them were so trivial, that it was necessary to 
carry about manuals of obedience, and assist 
the memory by pocket-catalogues of forbidden 
things. Some of these prohibitions excited 
more laughter than fear. Pug-dogs, from the 
Emperor’s resemblance to them, were pro- 
hibited any other name than ‘ Mops.’ Ivory- 
headed canes were on no account permitted, 
being reserved solely for the use of the military. 
These, and many other absurd regulations, ex- 
posed foreigners daily to the insolence of the 
police. Mr. Cripps was actually arrested for 
not wearing flaps to his waistcoat: and the 
author narrowly escaped punishment, for having 
strings in his shoes. 
The Convent of the Trinity, distant forty 
miles from Moscow, is deemed particularly 
worth seeing, on account of its immense riches. 
(l) The unfortunate Radis chef. Me was made a victim of the politi- 
cal Inquisition during; the reign of Catherine. Russian merchants 
have given five-and-twenty roubles to read Radischef's book for a 
single hour. 
