Paris was the centre of his aim, but, as France was much disturbed about this time, he postponed his visit thereto till a fitter occasion, and set out for Milan, from whence the proceeded to Venice, Trieste, Vienna, Pesth, Dresden, &c., even to St. Petersburgh and Moscow, where he met with the most extraordinary success, adding largely to his purse, more especially in Berlin, Warsaw, Petersburgh, and Moscow.