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At the German Moravian Settlement of Sarepta, a little
before you reach Czaritsyn, you will observe
that remarkable rising ground, which
borders the Caspian desert & represents
the old shores of the Caspian. They continue
towards the Don & Bay of Azof,
where there seems to have been a junction
of old between the Caspian & Black Seas.

If you go from Czarytsyn towards the Don,
distant only 60 Versts from the Volgha at
that place, you may clearly observe,
how much higher flows the Don & how
low the Volgha, from which you may conclude
the difference of for the niveau between
the Caspian & Black Sea.

The way from Jfaritsyn to Dmitrefsk hath
nothing very remarkable, except some old
ruins of Buildings, particularly at the
rivulets of Shetshetrad.

At Dmitrefsk is the place where Peter the Gr.
intended a junction of the Don & the Volgha,
by means of the small rivulet Kamyshenka
& the river Ilowla, which runs towards the
Don. A Canal was actually begun by one Perry
an Englishman. Prof. Lowitz was here employed in
planning their junction, & killed by Pughalshet.



Identifier: | JB/539/165/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 539.

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1781-03-12

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Peter Simon Pallas

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