MOSCOW. 
the circumference of which is not entire. No 
one has yet ascertained the circumference of the 
base ; this would afford still greater dimensions 
than those we obtained ; but it is entirely buried. 
About ten persons were present when we mea- 
sured the part exposed to observation. We 
applied a strong cord, close to the metal, as 
nearly as possible round the lower part where 
it touches the ground ; taking care, at the same 
time, not to stretch the cord. From the piece 
of the bell broken off, it was ascertained that 
we had thus measured within two feet of the lip, 
or lower extremity. The circumference thus 
obtained ecpialled sixty-seven feet and four 
inches ; allowing a diameter of twenty-two feet, 
five inches, and one third of an inch. We then 
took the perpendicular height from the top ; 
and found it to correspond exactly with the 
statement made by Hanway ; namely, twenty- 
one feet, four inches and a half. In the stoutest 
part, that in which it should have received the 
blow of the hammer, its thickness equalled 
twenty-three inches. We were able to ascer- 
tain this, by placing our hands, under water, 
where the fracture took place : this is above 
seven feet high from the lip of the bell. The 
weight of this enormous mass of metal has 
been computed to be 443, 772" lbs.', which, if 
valued at three shillings a pound, amounts to 
