declaring that it never occurred, and seeming to be nettled at
Mr. Douglas's persistency in his opinion; but, on examining the
fire-marks around the city, and the city itself, he became
satisfied that the guide was correct.

"The statement goes on to set forth that the antiquity of the
architectural city—particularly of its 'six hundred first-class
churches,' stretching through ante-Napoleonic ages to Pagan
times, and showing the handiwork of different nations of
History—demonstrates that the city never was burned down (or
up)."

The Inquirer adds:

"The Kremlin is a space of several hundred acres, in the heart of
the city, in the shape of a flat iron, and is enclosed, by a wall
of sixty feet high. Within this enclosure is the most magnificent
palace in Europe, recently built, but constructed over an ancient
palace, which remains, thus enclosed, whole and perfect, with all
its windows, &c.

"Near the Kremlin, surrounded by a wall, is a Chinese town,
appearing to be several hundred years old, still occupied by
descendants of the original settlers.

"The circumstances which gave rise to the errors concerning the
burning of Moscow, were these:—It is a city of four hundred and
fifty thousand inhabitants, in circular form, occupying a large
space, five miles across. There the winters are six months long,
and the custom was, and still is, to lay up supplies of