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Thither He must have arrived a day or two before Her: for
She it seems did not arrive there before May 3/14. There however
he found the Prince: who had been residing There, That being
the Seat of his Government during the time She spent at Kieff.
Here ends all I can tell you about Dates.
The Price was mightily pleased with the Invention,
and as a Proof of it, had declared his Intention of
having Barges built forthwith upon the same Plan
at four Places Petersburgh, Cherson, Kremenchuck, and
Dubrosna, which you know is the Estate he has still
in the Neighbourhood of Crichoff.
Between the 3d and the 9th, He embarked on board, and
fell down the River to a new Town which is building
about 120 Versts from Kremenchuck, under the name of
Ecatharineslau (Catharine's Glory, if I do not mistake.)
They went at the rate of 12 Versts (8 miles) an hour.
The Vessel that had been built by the Admiralty for the
Empress's use during this Progress could go no further than
half way, on account, as it was said, of their being so
much exposed to the wind by reason of their heigth above
the water.
At Ecathearineslau They found the Emperor who came
on board.
One date more I can give you, which is that on the 20/9 of
May the Empress set out, still by Land, for Cherson, and
with her the Prince, and with him my Brother, and with
him his Adjutant, the Rest of his Officers staying behind
at Kremenchuck with the Grand- Barge.
The Tender destined for an Experiment on the Black Sea
was of course detained by the Grand Barge, but arrived afterwards
at Kremenchuck and is since gone on to Cherson.
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