Bolton, Mr., of Soho, constructed the apparatus for coining at St. Petersburgh, i. 30.

Bonaparte, the scourge of Europe, and a chastising instrument in the hand of Providence,

i. 67. 138.

were he as good as he is great, he would be irresistible, i. 68.

contrasted with Nelson, i. 136.

his victory over the combined forces of Austria and Russia, and peace with the
former, i. 137.

his deep plans, and dangerous friendship, ii. 51.

his annihilation of the military power of Prussia, and hot pursuit of the King, ii. 52.
military preparations against him in Russia, ii. 53.

Russia and England, the only powers adequate to the contest, or awake to the

general danger, ib.

the energy of the Russian nobility against him, ib.

Boors-See Slaves.

Burial service of the Greek church-See Greek.

C.

Calker made a lieutenant-general, and covered with stars and ribbons, by the Emperor Paul, in
one of his mad freaks, ii. 68.

his ridiculous vanity, ib.

Calmucs-See Kalmucs.

Camel, an ingenious machine for carrying ships over shoals, ii. 6.

Canal of Borovitsky, communicating between the Caspian and the Baltic, i. 297.

Cannon forbidden, by an ukase of Paul, to be fired on private rejoicings of the nobility, and their
whimsical substitute for them, i. 212.

Capital of Russia has been successively Kief, Valdimir, Twer, Novgorod, Mosco, and St. Peters

burgh, i. 249.

Petersburgh now likely to retain it, i. 250.

Card playing and all games of chance, rage for them in Russia, i. 257-

Carr, Sir John, his elegant work, The Northern Summer, referred to, i: 39.

his good portrait of a great apartment of relics of antiquity in the Taurida palace, i. 56.

Carriages and horses of the nobility at Petersburgh, i. 22.

Cathedral of Upsal described, ii. 162.- See Upsal.

Catharine II., her conduct at the presentation of the equestrian statue of Peter I., i. 34. - See
Statue.

her retirement at the Hermitage, i. 41.

her encouragement of the arts in the purchase of pictures, ib. See Pictures.
and in bringing the Institution at Petersburgh to its present state
laconic inscription on a medal struck by her.

See Institution.

her munificent encouragement in rebuilding the city of Twer, i. 182.

every corner of the empire exhibits her acts of munificence and wisdom, i. 183.
titles assumed by her, ii.33.

Cattegat, entrance to the Sound, i. 4.

shipping there, ib.

Charles XII. his character, &c. and history, ii. 231.

his tyranny towards Patkul, 234.

parallel between him and Peter I., ii. 231. 239

his murder, ii. 239.

discovered afterwards to be at the instigation of the Prince of Hesse, who had his wife
proclaimed Queen of Sweden, to the prejudice of the young Duke of Holstein, and was
himself proclaimed soon after, ii. 240.

figure of his person, ii. 242.

Christianity, its introduction into Russia, i. 69.

Christina, Queen of Sweden, her eminent beauty and kind condescension, ii. 133. 245, 246.
her order of the Amaranth, with which the author was invested, ii. 227.

Church, metropolitan of St. Petersburgh, not yet complete, i. 20.

attached to the fortress at St. Petersburgh, its royal tombs and trophies of victory, i. 28.
marble the most expensive, and least admirable in Petersburgh, i. 31.

of St. Alexander Nefsky, i. 59.-See Nefsky.

of St. Martinus Prvednick, at Mosco, i. 262. See Mosco.

of Troitza, or Monastery of the Trinity, ib.

of Abbo, ii. 84.

of Kumlinga, ii. 106.

of Adolphus Frederic, at Stockholm, ii. 141.-See Stockholm.

of Old Upsal, formerly a Pagan temple, ii. 167.- See Upsal.

Church, Greek See Greek church.

Churches, description of the general design of those in the Russian empire, i. 63.

length of days, and degree of heat and cold from Archangel to Astracan, i. 252.

Climate at Mosco, or Petersburgh, the winter preferable to summer, i. 252.

the almost intolerable heat of summer, ii. 15.

Clissau, battle of, ii. 233.

Codex argenteus, a valuable curiosity in the university of Gustavus Adolphus, at Upsal, ii. 155.

Coining at Petersburgh, its apparatus, by Mr. Bolton of Soho, i. 30.

Column, 230 feet long, of a single piece of granite, at Petersburgh, i. 21.

Commercial treaty between England and Russia, difficulties as to its renewal, ii. 67.

their persons, air, and appointments, ib.

their horses, miserable looking animals, ill kept and fed, but very hardy, ib.
sketch of their history, i.162.

they are independent, serve without pay, but are obliged to join the army of Russia
when called on by the Emperor, ib.

divided into Donski and Ukraine Cossacs, i. 163.

their constitution, force, language, religion, &c. ib.

their dress, well adapted for soldiers, ib.

Costume of the nobility in Russia of both sexes, nearly as ourselves, more à la Française, i. 112.
and this too in winter, except when enveloped in pelisses, ib.

the author's winter dress described, i.117.

of the peasantry in winter, i. 112.

of the fair sex of this rank, i. 113.

of the wives of mechanics and Russian merchants, i.114.

different head-dress of wives and maidens, ib.

the winter habiliments of the ladies more graceful than those of the men, i. 118.

at a masquerade at the Winter Palace, i. 149.

disgusting dress of the wives of the native merchants at Mosco, i. 228.

summer attire of the natives of Russia, i. 294.

dress of the Bischkar men and women

of the Cossack soldiers-See Cossacs.

of the Russian Fins, ii. 79.

of the Swedish Fins, ii. 83.

of the women of Kumlinga, ii. 108.

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of the Swedish people of fashion, ii. 131.

of the Dalecarlians, ii. 206.

Country dance, Russian, i. 214.

See Bischkirs.

Coursing scene, description of one near Mosco, i. 258.

Court of the reigning Empress of Russia at the Winter Palace, i. 130.—See Winter Palace.

Cows bladders made a substitute for cannon in the entertainments and rejoicings of the Russian

nobility, i. 213.

Cronstadt, arrival at, i. 15.

Dashcoff, Princess, the illustrious friend of Catharine; her review of some regiments, i. 227.
David, King, defence of his character as a man after God's own heart, i. 288.

Denmark, its picturesque appearance from Elsineur to Copenhagen, i. 13.

Derben, its keys three times deposited in the church of St. Petersburgh in token of conquest,

Docks at St. Petersburgh, ii. 6. —See Admiralty.

Domestics in Russia are all slaves, i. 145.-See Slaves.

Douglas, the Marquis of, his arrival at St.Petersburgh as the British Ambassador, ii. 67. — See

Drokedjas, or hackney coaches of St. Petersburgh, i. 23. See St. Petersburgh.

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Drunkenness banished since the time of Peter the Great, rooted out from among the higher

order, i. 115.

its potent and fatal effects among the peasants, ib.

Dwarfs, a favourite part of the establishment of the Russian noblesse, i. 193.

are almost universally males, ib.

their handsome figures, dress, gaiety, and remarkable resemblance of each other, i. 194.
account of some of the individuals, i. 195.

grand marriage of two dwarfs, celebrated by Natalia, sister of Peter I., i. 196,

Elsineur, arrival there, i. 2.

E.

its present description, i. 3.

Kronenberg castle, ii. 4.

Elsineur, Hamlet's garden, its present state, i. 3.

story of Hamlet, from Saxo Grammaticus, i. 5.

Hamlet's speech to his mother, translated from that work, i. 7.
Danish soldiers exercising near the castle, i. II.

their appearance and clothing, ib:

fine landscape along the shore to Copenhagen, i. 13.

Empress of Russia, the present, her court at the Winter Palace, i. 130.

her interesting figure, ib.

her affability, i. 131.

her demeanour at the chapel, and salutations, ib.

Catherine II. See Catherine II.

Empress Dowager, her collection of pictures at the Hermitage, i. 41.

her charities, i. 141.

Foundling Hospital at St. Petersburgh, founded by her, its excellent institutions, &c. ib.
her Pallas mien, and excellent qualities, i. 1'48, ii. 13.

splendid fête on her name day, ii. 2.-See St.Petersburgh.

her place of Jutchina, ii. 12.

Encampment, Russian, i. 272. —See Army.

English residents at Cronstadt, ordered by Paul to be sent many thousand versts up the country,
but prevented by the generous interference of Admiral Hennacoff, i. 16.

English merchants at St. Petersburgh, their comfortable mode of living, and charming villas,

i. 26. ii. 5.

their hospitality, ii. 5.

English yeomanry and merchants, contrasted with Russian slaves, i. 145.

English Ambassador, Lord G. L. Gower, quits St. Petersburgh, leaving behind his secretary;
doubts of the renewal of the treaty of commerce, ii. 1.

Lord Gower is succeeded by the Marquis of Douglas, ii. 67.

having again succeeded, the Marquis receives notice that an English ambassador is no
longer necessary, ii. 74.

English preparing to leave Russia on account of the war, ii. 74.

English Club at Mosco, 190.

entertainment given by them, ib.

Englishmen, great attention paid to them in Russia, i. 191, 206.

Epitaph of Suwarroff in the monastery of St. Alexander Nefsky, i. 65.

Equestrian statue of Peter the Great-See Statue.

Expense of living at St.Petersburgh-See St. Petersburgh.