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THE RIMNIK. 
February 10th. — Having taken my leave of their Highnesses 
of Valachia, and the friendly Consuls-general of Austria and of 
Russia, His Ex. Mons. de Pin, and Mr. Fleshaken, both of whom 
furnished me with every facility in their power towards the 
comfortable completion of my journey, I set forth this morning 
at an early hour, in a Polish brichka lent to me by the latter. 
The influence of the sun was now become so strong as to melt 
the upper surface of the snow in most places, and in many dis¬ 
solve it altogether, in consequence of which I found the roads 
deep and muddy. A few posts from Boucharest, we crossed the 
Yalmonitza river; and at the sixth post arrived at the town of 
Buzen or Bouzio, where we passed another rapid stream bearing 
the name of the town. Two posts thence, we crossed the Rimnik, 
celebrated on account of the victory on its banks which gave the 
title of Rimniksky to General SuwarrofF. He there defeated the 
Turks ; but it has since received a melancholy association with 
his family, the only son of the Russian veteran having lost his 
life in crossing its stream about twelve years ago. We now 
passed it on the ice. Another post brought us to Focksham, 
the last town on this side of Valachia. Here I changed Prince 
Sutzo’s orders for horses, for one signed by his Highness 
of Moldavia; and in less than a quarter of a mile reached 
the shore of the Seret, the first river in that principality; it was 
of great width and rapidity, and falls into the Danube not far 
from Galatz. We crossed it in a large boat, which contained 
both horses and carriage ; and thence proceeded twelve posts ere 
we came in sight of Yassy, the capital of the province. The 
snow increased in depth at every stage more northward ; and the 
cold, during the nights, would not be less than from 16 to 
