[6] The Emperor always has a Cossack orderly on the box of his
carriage. Platoff has been promoted by the gunsmith to a seat inside.
[7] "Half-bucket Apolo" is the old gunsmith's rendering of Apollo
Belvedere.
[8] Barometers; camel's hair mantles.
[9] A mortar.
[10] Tzarskoe Selo is a suburban town about sixteen miles from
Petrograd, with two Imperial palaces, fine Imperial parks, barracks
for the Hussars of the Guard, and so forth. The Arsenal there formerly
contained a splendid collection of arms, now removed to the Hermitage
Museum, in Petrograd.