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<p> Dear Sir</p><p> As you seemed uncertain, in Your Letter from Archangel,<lb/>about your going by the | <p> Dear Sir</p><p> As you seemed uncertain, in Your Letter from Archangel,<lb/>about your going by the way of <unclear>Cassan</unclear>, I would<lb/>not join the Letter Mr. Carew gave me for <lb/>you (: in the pickle you received it:) to the Letter<lb/>I directed to you to Cassan. If you have not <lb/>received this Letter, let me here repeat to You, <lb/>that the crossing over the desert, between the <lb/>rivers Urall & Volgka, will be a pretty tedious<lb/>journey for you, unless you will take Botany<lb/>for Your amusement & Love a Solitude like the <lb/>barren desert of Arabia. Besides, if you get there<lb/>in Summer, I would not advise you to go along <lb/>the Seacoast from Gurjef to Asstrachan where you <lb/>will be often without any fresh water to drink,:<lb/>but go by the road the Caravans use from <lb/>Asstrachan to Jaizkoi Ghorodok <add> & <foreign>vice versa</foreign></add> & even then <lb/>provide good Guides from amongst the Cossacks<lb/>of Jaizkoi or <unclear>Uralsk or Ghorodok</unclear>, which travelled that <lb/>way before & know the wells & watering places.<lb/> A good convoy will also be necessary. In Spring<lb/>you may take either way, & then certainly that, <lb/>which coasts the Caspian would be preferable, <lb/>chiefly by visiting the Sturgeon fisheries there.</p> | ||
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Dear Sir
As you seemed uncertain, in Your Letter from Archangel,
about your going by the way of Cassan, I would
not join the Letter Mr. Carew gave me for
you (: in the pickle you received it:) to the Letter
I directed to you to Cassan. If you have not
received this Letter, let me here repeat to You,
that the crossing over the desert, between the
rivers Urall & Volgka, will be a pretty tedious
journey for you, unless you will take Botany
for Your amusement & Love a Solitude like the
barren desert of Arabia. Besides, if you get there
in Summer, I would not advise you to go along
the Seacoast from Gurjef to Asstrachan where you
will be often without any fresh water to drink,:
but go by the road the Caravans use from
Asstrachan to Jaizkoi Ghorodok & vice versa & even then
provide good Guides from amongst the Cossacks
of Jaizkoi or Uralsk or Ghorodok, which travelled that
way before & know the wells & watering places.
A good convoy will also be necessary. In Spring
you may take either way, & then certainly that,
which coasts the Caspian would be preferable,
chiefly by visiting the Sturgeon fisheries there.
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Correspondence |
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Peter Simon Pallas |
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