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.

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INDEX.

A.

ABERFORCE, the last Russian possession, and the boundary of
the Russian empire, on the side of Sweden, page 299.
Abo, the capital of Swedish Finland, 301.

its harbour, academy, and court of judicature, 301.

a metropolitan see-the church large, built of brick, with one
of the best organs in Europe-monuments, 301.

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
ships one of 130 guns, nearly completed, 244.
grand improvements to be made on the Admiralty, 246.
the author's pictures to cover the walls of the great
council chamber, 246.

description of some of them, 247.

the ceiling emblematic of Peter calling the empire into
existence, 247.

other subjects will relate to the most eminent acts of his
glorious life, 247.

these pictures finished and deposited in the hermitage,
till the council chamber be ready, 296.

Adventures of a young Frenchman, cast away in an English vessel,
on one of the Friendly Islands, where he married the
daughter of the king, and was most happily domesticat-
ed; when a Russian ship barbarously carried him away,
and landed him at Kamtschatka, whence he travelled to
Mosco, in hopes of regaining his adopted country, and
again embracing his beloved family, 270.

Air, performed at Mosco, in honour of Prince Bagration, 155.

Aland, an island in the gulf of Finland, page 321.-See Journey.
a peasant of this island, and the pastor, their gallant be-
haviour against the Russians, and the king's noble treat-
ment towards the peasant, 423.

Alexander I. promenades formed by him at St. Petersburgh, for
public recreation, 32.

his amiable character, 57, 119.

contrasted with that of his predecessor, 57, 119, 291.
his reward of the cool intrepidity of a Russian grena-
dier, 105.

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.
Ambassador.-See English ambassador, French ambassador, and
Russian ambassador.

Amusements at St. Petersburgh, at the beginning of the year,
previous to a great fast, 124.

excesses of the lower classes on these occasions, 124.
the ice hill described, 125.

at Mosco. See Mosco.

at Stockholm.-See Stockholm.

Anecdote of Lord Nelson, 11.

of an aged Russian seaman, his behaviour on the presen-
tation of the statue of Peter the Great at St. Peters-
.burgh, 30.

of an affecting case of the severity of the English criminal
law, 212.

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-
tenburgh, 347.

of the exertions that occasioned the death of Peter I. 416:
of Paul I. making a calker a lieutenant-general, and con-
ferring on him various military orders, 291.

Anecdotes of Prince Bagration. 103.-See Bagration.

of boors and slaves, 176.

Angoulême, the duke and dutchess of, their arrival at Gotten-
burgh, and their most amiable and interesting character, 429.

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
style, and with experienced foreign officers, 135.

this new gigantic system received its birth in 1690, and
its force in 1711. 135.

uniform of the troops, 136, 138.

Peter III. adopted the Prussian tactics, 138.

Catherine laid aside all the stiffness, but which was re-
sumed by Paul, 138.

the Hulan regiment, and hussars, their magnificence, 139.
how the army is recruited, 101, 140.

every regiment has a vocal band, who sing in parts, accom-
panied by the ballalacka, a sort of guitar, 155.

their instrumental bands inferior to the English, 156.

the parade at Mosco, 180.

recruits, their rapid discipline by means of the cane, and
speedy transformation to soldiers, 181.

mode of cutting their hair, a preventive of desertion, 181.
Princess Dashcoff's review of some auxiliary regiments, 181.
an encampment near Mosco, 215.

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-
sequences to health as well as appearance, 219.

Army, Swedish, 341.

The king's drabant, or body guard, composed of nobility,
with a particularly martial ancient dress, 341.

their heroism at the terrible battle of Pultowa, 341.

the foot guards and horse guards, their appearance, uniform,
and horses, 341.

naval uniform, of which spurs form a part, 342.