Xvi,

ST. TTC RIT AH,

4.50

lelivereq it was pronounced inferior, and rejected after 1847.
Ying stamped at the end of each log; he called at the Zr 4s.
bureay to complain and remonstrate, but without success;
nd on leaving was followed by a person who asked his
“dress and said he would call upon him. He was as good
% his word, and the following conversation occurred: ¢ You
have charged your wood too low; it is not possible to
furnish 4 good quality at eight roubles; you must send in
‘Nother delivery at twelve roubles’ ‘But Ihave no other
ality! was the reply. ‘Leave that to me,’ said the
Person. «You must address a petition to the department,
“ying that you are prepared to send in another delivery;
Lwill draw up the petition, you must sign it; I will manage
the rest, and you will pay me 1000 roubles, which will be
halt the difference of the extra price you will receive’ He
Consulted with his friends, who advised him to comply, and
he accordingly signed the petition. The person then had
the rejected lignum witee conveyed to a warehouse, where
the eng were sawed off the logs to remove the stamp, and
"he identical wood was delivered, and passed for full weight
“nd good quality.”
“St. Petersburgh, Sept. 12th—Went in the morning
% the Kagan Cathedral, where I found a full congregation,
"Wo-thirds at least being men. Went with Mr. Edwards
by railway to see the horse-races at Tsarskoe Selo; a
large proportion of the persons who went by the train
Were English. The emperor and his family and a good
Muster of fashionables were present on the course, but
the amusements wanted life and animation, which
thing but a mass of people capable of feeling and ex-Pressing
 an interest in the sports of the day can present.
Afterwards went to the Vauxhall of Petersburgh to
line, Ap Englishman accosted me in a broad Devonshire