Excerpt from The Last Days of Alexander, and the First Days of Nicholas, (Emperors of Russia)
On the 5th of November, 1824, I arrived at Cologne, on my way from London to Odessa, to join the family of Count Woronzow, in the capacity of physician to his Excellency. The weather had been very tempestuous during the whole journey from England; and torrents of rain had fallen. The Rhine had overflowed its banks to a greater extent than had ever before been remembered. From the cathedral and spire of the town-house the inundation presented a striking and melancholy spectacle. The whole level country was covered with water; and the river with the wrecks it was floating away.
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