(I forgot to mention a trip we took to “Sarsko Selo” (English) near St. Petersburgh, where the Emperor has the most magnificent palace I ever saw. It is immense in size, and is fitted up in a style that I should never have thought of seeing anywhere out of Paris itself. I never saw so much taste displayed in any other building. One of the rooms has its whole sides formed of Amber, which was presented to Russia by Frederick the Great of Prussia. One can scarcely conceive of its richness. We saw nothing of the palace but the apartments & Chapel the most gorgeous thing one could imagine, of Ebony & Gold. Some of the floors were most beautifully inlaid with [60] pearls and ebony--appearing splendidly rich.
Every thing in the rooms was in accordance with the room itself and though it was imperfect appeared as if made for use as well as beauty. We made the trip there on a very good railroad, the only one in the country. After taking a trip through the park and grounds, and visiting the armory, where we saw every thing usual in such places most admirably arranged and very complete, we returned again to the city. In the armory were two saddles presented by the Sultan to the King of Russia, Holsters[,] pistols, and bridle were all complete and all were actually covered with brilliant stones of very great size, the richest thing of the kind one ever saw.---------|
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