Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . and was receivedwith great ceremony. Ten thousand people flocked to greethim. King Oscar II. came to Christiania from Stockholmto meet the General, and gave him a hearty welcome. TheGeneral set out sight-seeing, and was conducted to the oldcastle of Aggershuus, with its citadel and church, on thebrow of a point jutting out into the fiord, over whose wind-ing shore-line and smooth waters, broken by wooded islands,it gives a fine view. He accompanied the King to Stockholm, where he wasreceived wi
Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . and was receivedwith great ceremony. Ten thousand people flocked to greethim. King Oscar II. came to Christiania from Stockholmto meet the General, and gave him a hearty welcome. TheGeneral set out sight-seeing, and was conducted to the oldcastle of Aggershuus, with its citadel and church, on thebrow of a point jutting out into the fiord, over whose wind-ing shore-line and smooth waters, broken by wooded islands,it gives a fine view. He accompanied the King to Stockholm, where he wasreceived with enthusiastic orations. Here he was tenderedwith a grand dinner at the Embassy, and in the eveningwas serenaded. Shortly after he started by way of theBaltic for St. Petersburg. A large crowd assembled andcheered him as he embarked. He reached St. Petersburg on the morning of July30th. On arriving in the Russian capital he was metby Minister Stoughton, whose wonderful coronal of snowylocks never shone more magnificently over his rosy cheeks. The Emperors aide-de-camp, Prince Gortschakoff, and. AROUND THE WORLD. 433 other liigh officials of the Imperial Court, called immedi-ately, welcoming the ex-President in the name of the the following day General Grant had an audience withthe Emperor Alexander, which was of a pleasant imperial yacht conveyed the General to Peterhof, theVersailles of St. Petersburg. It is fifteen miles from the
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