Travels From St Petersburgh in Russia to Various Parts of Asia volume 2
Travels From St Petersburgh in Russia to Various Parts of Asia volume 2
John Bell
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In the beginning of this month I fent a- gain to the council, on the fubjed of the repair of our houfe. Upon which they let me know, the 6th, by a clerk, that the prefjdent had fent a courier to his Majefty, to be informed if his Majefty would be pleafed to have our houfe repaired by the treafury, 1721. MR DE LANGE. 329 treafury, or if it was our bufmefs to repair it ; the Emperor, by virtue of the laft con- vention between the two empires, not be- ing obliged to furnifh any thing to our people.... Whereupon I patiently waited till the 1 2th. The workmen came at length to make the reparation fo often promifed ; but it was done fo negligently, that, when they made an end, there was little altera- tion for the better. The commiflary em- ployed the reft of this month to unpack the goods, that he might put every thing in order againft the time he fhould be per- mitted to begin to trade. In the mean while, we were vifited very affiduoufly by four mandarins, who pretended to be de- puted from the court to receive the mer- chandifes appropriated for his Majcfty, de- manding, from the commiflary, an exact fpecification of all the goods brought by the caravan, that they might chufe what was neceflary for the fervice of the court.
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