Excerpt from Travels From St. Petersburg in Russia, to Diverse Parts of Asia, Vol. 2: Containing the Continuation of the Journey Between Mosco and Pekin, to Which Is Added, a Translation of the Journal of Mr. De Lange, Resident of Russia at the Court of Pekin, in the Years 1721 and 1722 The ambaffador was apprehenfive, that, the Empe ror having already feen a copy of his credentials, lhould he alfo fee himfelf at the entertainment, his publick audience might thereby be retarded; and therefore dc: clined the invitation. It appeared, however, after. Wards, that this fufpicion was without foundation; and that the Emperor intended nothing more than to do honour to the ambaffador. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.