. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across qB]¥ti^i^Afl.^. ILLUMINATION IN A RUSSIAN PARK. be seen in an elaborate picture to be appreciated. The water-works arenearly as fine as the celebrated one at Versailles, or St. Cloud in France,and of course the Russians claim that they are superior. Occasionally insummer there is a festival given by the Emperor to some of his foreignguests ; the grounds and the lake are lighted up with Chinese lanterns, andthe display closes with an exhibit
. The boy travellers in the Russian empire: adventures of two youths in a journey in European and Asiatic Russia, with accounts of a tour across qB]¥ti^i^Afl.^. ILLUMINATION IN A RUSSIAN PARK. be seen in an elaborate picture to be appreciated. The water-works arenearly as fine as the celebrated one at Versailles, or St. Cloud in France,and of course the Russians claim that they are superior. Occasionally insummer there is a festival given by the Emperor to some of his foreignguests ; the grounds and the lake are lighted up with Chinese lanterns, andthe display closes with an exhibition of fireworks of no small the Emperor goes around the lake in a boat propelled by oars-men, but usually contents himself by looking on from a pavilion near theedge of the water. Erom Peterhof we drove to Oranienbaum, about six miles away,where we took the boat to Cronstadt. I cant begin to name all the pal- A VISIT TO CRONSTADT. 137 aces and chateaux on the road, as I was too busy with looking at them toremember what they were called; and besides, if I made a list it might betoo long to be interesting. We visited two or three of them, but ha
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