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GENERAL REMARKS ON THE PENINSULA

Here I conclude the defcription of this journey, on myfarther return, by the way of Akhtyrka, Sumi, Mtfhenfk, thefine towns of Kurfk, Orel, and Tula to the city of Mofco:I was induced thus abruptly to terminate my obfervations;as, befide thefe handfome towns, now rebuilt according to amodern plan, few remarkable objects occurred on my route;and, becaufe the road from Mofco to St. Peterfburgh (whereI arrived on the I4th of September) has been repeatedlydefcribed.—A view of the large hillock near Bronnitza formsthe fubject of the fourteenth Vignette, at the end of thisvolume: notwithftanding its confiderable fize, that eminenceappears to have originated from human labour; and I havegiven an account of it, in my former Travels.

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" In order to contemplate a remarkable obje£t, I tarriedhere feveral hours: I allude to the very fteep round Hill, calledBronnitzkaya-Gora. It is fituated on the fouthweftern fideof the village Bronnitzkoi-Yam, concerning which variousftories are related; but it would be needlefs to repeat them.The profpect from this eminence over the furrounding country,as well as the lake Ilmen, is very extenfive. On its fummitare two fprings; which, though fmall, deferve to be men-tioned on account of their fituation. One of them is inclofed,and near it ftands a houfe, which is now in a ftate of decay;whereas the other lies exadtly on the top of the-hill, appearinglike a puddle overgrown with aquatic plants; and by the fide

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