I then went first to buy a German guide to Moscow, & afterwards spent 1½ hour with the British Consul, Mr or rather Capt'n Groves. Afterwards I drove round the Kremlin to St Saviour's church, a gorgeous church. There they make much of Christ & less of the Virgin. Russia is most religious—The cabdrivers, "isvoscheeks", take off their hats reverently, on passing favourite shrines. Whatever the weather here we go on wheels, as there is little snow in the streets.
Moscow is a sight(illegible text), a city of ponderous, magnificent buildings, & ancient richly coloured walls, towers & churches(illegible text), a place of barbaric splendour, with every adjunct to material pleasure. The baths are magnificent—We have nothing like them: they are relics of Rome.
I shall be here until Tuesday night, when I leave by express for St Petersburg.
