CHAPTER XIX.
PETER THE GREAT.
From 1697 to 1702.
Young Russians Sent to Foreign Countries .-- The Tzar Decides Upon a Tour of Observation .-- His Plan of Travel .-- Anecdote .-- Peter's Mode of Life in Holland .-- Characteristic Anecdotes .-- The Presentation of the Embassador .-- The Tzar Visits England .-- Life at Deptford .-- Illustrious Foreigners Engaged in His Service .-- Peter Visits Vienna .-- The Game of Landlord .-- Insurrection in Moscow .-- Return of the Tzar, and Measures of Severity .-- War with Sweden .-- Disastrous Defeat of Narva .-- Efforts to Secure the Shores of the Baltic .-- Designs Upon the Black Sea..