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 18 these globes, placed on the summit of a pillar, or an obelisk, had the exact ap- pearance of a balloon, suspended in the air. Transported with delight at this beautiful spectacle, which was the more gratifying, from the remembrance of the melancholy objects which we had hitherto seen, we could not suppress our joy; but with one spontaneous movement, we all exclaimed. wished-for name, the soldiers ran up the hill in crowds, and each discovered new wonders every instant One admired a noble chateau on our left, the elegant archi- tecture of which displayed more than eastern magnificence; another directed his attention towards'a palace or a temple; but: all were struck with the superb picture: which this 'immense town afforded. The walls, variously painted, the domes covered with lead or slates, or glittering with gold, offered the most pleasing variety : whilst the terraces before the palaces, the obelisks over the gates, and, above all the steeples really presented to our eyes one of those celebrated cities of Asia, which we had thought had only existed in the creative imagination the Arabian poets.

The Conflagration of Moscou. “No cry, no tumlut was heard in this scene of horror. Every one found a-