I have just received a most flattering invitation from the Swedish commander in chief on the frontiers of Norway, to join him there, where every attention will be shown me, and my military passion fully gratified: but my duty calls me to the Spanish shores; I have declined the honour with gratitude; and to-morrow I sail for England! May heaven's propitious gales soon bring to the bosom of his family, their, and your, ever faithful friend! LETTER L. Harwich, August, 1808. AFTER an exactly three years' absence, I again revisit my native country! I am just landed. In twenty-four hours, before you and the dear circle have read through these tidings, please God, all I love in England will be clasped in the arms of your friend. FINIS. INDEX. A. ABERFORCE, the last Russian possession, and the boundary of its harbour, academy, and court of judicature, 301. a metropolitan see-the church large, built of brick, with one its uncomely streets, and trade, 302. Admiralty, one of the most extensive edifices in St. Petersburgh, 244. planned by Peter I. 244. docks, large, and sufficient to contain four first-rate description of some of them, 247. the ceiling emblematic of Peter calling the empire into other subjects will relate to the most eminent acts of his these pictures finished and deposited in the hermitage, Adventures of a young Frenchman, cast away in an English vessel, Air, performed at Mosco, in honour of Prince Bagration, 155. Aland, an island in the gulf of Finland, page 321.-See Journey. Alexander I. promenades formed by him at St. Petersburgh, for his amiable character, 57, 119. contrasted with that of his predecessor, 57, 119, 291. his return from the army, Jan. 1806, 119. his elegant figure, engaging manners, and good heart, 119. his again joining the army, March 1807, 290. the author takes leave of his majesty, 296. Amaranth, Swedish order of, conferred on the author, 408. Amusements at St. Petersburgh, at the beginning of the year, excesses of the lower classes on these occasions, 124. at Mosco. See Mosco. at Stockholm.-See Stockholm. Anecdote of Lord Nelson, 11. of an aged Russian seaman, his behaviour on the presen- of an affecting case of the severity of the English criminal of Peter the Great, when travelling incognito, 269. of the cool intrepidity of a Russian grenadier, 105. of Gustavus III. his heroic act to raise the siege of Got- of the exertions that occasioned the death of Peter I. 416: Anecdotes of Prince Bagration. 103.-See Bagration. of boors and slaves, 176. Angoulême, the duke and dutchess of, their arrival at Gotten- Ankerstroem, his conspiracy and murder of Gustavus III. page 347. Army of Russia, 131. Cossacs-See Cossacs. Baschkirs-See Baschkirs. Kirgies-See Kirgies. Calmucs-See Calmucs. Peter the Great organized the Russian army in the German this new gigantic system received its birth in 1690, and uniform of the troops, 136, 138. Peter III. adopted the Prussian tactics, 138. Catherine laid aside all the stiffness, but which was re- the Hulan regiment, and hussars, their magnificence, 139. every regiment has a vocal band, who sing in parts, accom- their instrumental bands inferior to the English, 156. the parade at Mosco, 180. recruits, their rapid discipline by means of the cane, and mode of cutting their hair, a preventive of desertion, 181. form and situation of the tents, 216. the soldiers and their arms improperly separated, 216. solemn devotional ceremony at the parade, 217. immense distance held between officers of rank and those under them, 217. officers do not mess, 217. remarks on the dress of the army, 218. impropriety of the close cincture round the middle, bad con- Army, Swedish, 341. The king's drabant, or body guard, composed of nobility, their heroism at the terrible battle of Pultowa, 341. the foot guards and horse guards, their appearance, uniform, naval uniform, of which spurs form a part, 342. |