Foot-prints of Travel; Or, Journeyings in Many Lands
Chapter 20
Nijni-Novgorod.--Valley of the Volga.--One of the Great Rivers of the World.--Famous Annual Fair-Ground.--Variety of Merchandise.--A Conglomerate of Races.--A Large Temporary City.--From Moscow to Warsaw.--Wolves.--The Granary of Europe.--Polish Peasants.--City of Warsaw.-- Topography of the Capital.--Royal Residences.--Botanical Gardens.--Political Condition of Poland.--Commercial Prosperity.--Shameful Despotism. 298