Travels From St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia
Travels From St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia
John Bell
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This noble ftreet is yery broad and ftraight, and near an Englifh mile in length,- On each I4« A JOURNEY 171,^ ^de are the ^ing'a palaceSi coum of jufticct ^ad the academies for the education of youth, with two rows of tall chioar trees, which afford a fine £hade. Thefe tree$ Jfkzve a fmpoth whitifh bark, and a broad leaf, like the plane-tree« At certaiQ diftan* pes, there are fountains of water that play continually, round which are fpread car« pets ; and thither the Perfians refort to drink c...offee, fmoke tobacco, and hea; news ; which, I muft confefs, is yery ^ greeable in hot weather. About half a mile below the;city is a fine plain upon the banks of the river, where ^he Perfians, eyery evening, exercife their horfes in riding, and ^ccuftom them to the difcharge of fire-arms. They alfo (hoot at butts with bows and arrows, and thtovf blunted darts at one another ; at whicl^ they appear very dextrous. The city is almoft quite defencelefs, bar ying only a flight wall round it, built of mud dried by the fun, which is broken dowq \n many places j fo that, if the army is der feated jjij.
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