Russia: Its Rise And Progress, Tragedies And Revolutions
Russia: Its Rise And Progress, Tragedies And Revolutions
Thomas Milner
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No persons are allowed to have fire or candle on board any ship in the harbour. A candle is allowed in great need ; but the candlestick must be placed in a vessel with water. All gunpowder is taken from the ships before they enter the harbour, and securely put into the imperial magazines till the ships are warped out and ready to saiL Cooking- rooms are built at a distance from the ships next the 266 RUSSIA. city, in the harbour, so that the water surrounds them on all sides, where the seafarin...g people are allowed to dress their meat. The royal navy here consists of about thirty ships of war: one of them, the Boyal Anne, mounts 120 guns." Cook, while at Elsinore, had bought some flasks of brandy. But on reaching Cronstadt, they were seized by the custom-house officers, who immediately seated themselves with a view to drink, saying, Boch dal^ " God hath sent." But a ruse of the mate disappointed them of a treat. He gravely stated, that the bottles belonged to a Scotch doctor ; that there was poison in some of them ; but as the doctor was absent, he could not say which was good or dangerous.
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