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giving the superb view it affords of the city. r (, ,AP ‘ 
But as the objects within its walls are always ' — 
interesting to strangers, artists of merit were not 
wanting for their representation. It was how- 
ever with the greatest difficulty we succeeded 
in obtaining a view of the interior of the fortress, 
containing the undent palace of the Tsars. A ^^To( 
window appears in the front of this building the Tsars, 
(which is an irregular Gothic edifice), distin- 
guished by two Gothic pillars. It is the same 
whence Demetrius, in his attempt to escape, 
during the conspiracy of Zusky, fell, and broke 
his thigh, previous to his massacre. He low- 
ered himself to a considerable distance by a rope ; 
but the height was still too great for any hope of 
safety. Despair must have been great indeed, 
when it induced any one to make the attempt. 
That window was also the place where the 
sovereigns of Russia were wont to sit, and to re- 
ceive petitions from their subjects. The petition 
was placed upon a stone in the court below , and 
if the Tsar thought proper, he sent for it. The 
Imperial treasure is now in cases around the walls 
of the upper apartments of this palace: the 
approach to the Treasury is by a stone staircase, 
memorable for massacres committed there by 
the Strelitzes, during the mutiny excited by the 
sister of Peter the Gkeat. It is not a pleasing 
reflection which some writers have urged, that 
