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subject there to the extortioningduties of the King of Russia, whereas
he has two rivers in his estate here which communicating with the
Dnieper affords him water carriage all the way to the Country
to which the productions are destined. But I must cut short my letter & send
it by way of Warsaw. I will again write from here as now being out of Russia
I can speak more freely. I believe I shall go from home by way of Mittau: in which
case the Count will give send me with some his own equipage all through Poland
to Mittau itself, which will be cheaper to me and you may imagine more agreeable
What would I give that you were with me! Every day I wish it more & more
for your account and now also in a very particular manner for my own
I have a good deal to say at my return to Petersbourg and some proposals to make
in consequence of what I have seen, which indeed was the object of my present expedition
and in which you could be of the greatest assistance to me. Why not come
directly. to find your book at Petersbourg: but hope also the
either Grammar in English it will be worth but little or nothing
nor would it have been had the Empress read English for others must read
as She or rather instead of her.

This is the most delightfull country I have seen . The desarts
by the black sea are fruitfull fertile indeed. As to the Ukraine, whatever you
sow there if it is not scratched up, flourishes: but the want of wood
is an obstacle to its cultivation; not a tree to be seen for 2 or 300
Versts. Here on the contrary is a great quantity of wood. Ship timber
Masts Tar hemp in greatest abundance.
Adieu.

I have read here of your tumults in London. what the devil are
all your governing men about, that they know so little how to deal with
the people's

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Date_1	1780-07-23	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	539	Main Headings
Folio number	065	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
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Penner	Samuel Bentham	Watermarks
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