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<head>Memorandums:</head> <p> <hi rend="underline">Joula,</hi> if you should go by that way, <del>if</del> <add> is</add> a very remarkable<lb/> place for <sic>manufactories, | <head><hi rend="underline">Memorandums</hi>:</head> <p> <hi rend="underline">Joula,</hi> if you should go by that way, <del>if</del> <add> is</add> a very remarkable<lb/> place for <sic>manufactories, | ||
</sic> particularly <lb/>in Ironwork & arms; the Russian Birmingham.<lb/>Near | </sic> particularly <lb/>in Ironwork & arms; the Russian Birmingham.<lb/>Near Joula is the Lake called <unclear>Iwan</unclear> from which <lb/>springs the Don, & two rivers Shatt & Ossett, <lb/>which flow towards the <add> Occa &</add> Volga; Peter the great <lb/>projected here a connexion of the Don & Occa.</p><p> Beyond <sic>Kiew</sic>, & in all places situated or bordering <lb/> upon the Crimean desert, it is worth<lb/>while to enquire, particularly at the Silversmiths,<lb/>for Old Roman Coins & other Antiquities.<lb/> Sometimes such things are found<lb/>with the Cossacks & other common peoples.<lb/>About Asof they say plenty of old medals<lb/>are found.</p><p> I don't mention the places which you noted<lb/>yourself. But if your journey to Astracan <lb/>& from thence by the way of Cazan should take<lb/> place, the following hints may prove useful:<lb/>The hotwells on the river Jerek, on the Caucasean<lb/>side, overagainst Jshervlenoi, are equal to the <lb/>most famous Wells in Europe. The borders of <lb/>the river Jerek are remarkably fine, lined with</p> | ||
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Memorandums:
Joula, if you should go by that way, if is a very remarkable
place for manufactories,
particularly
in Ironwork & arms; the Russian Birmingham.
Near Joula is the Lake called Iwan from which
springs the Don, & two rivers Shatt & Ossett,
which flow towards the Occa & Volga; Peter the great
projected here a connexion of the Don & Occa.
Beyond Kiew, & in all places situated or bordering
upon the Crimean desert, it is worth
while to enquire, particularly at the Silversmiths,
for Old Roman Coins & other Antiquities.
Sometimes such things are found
with the Cossacks & other common peoples.
About Asof they say plenty of old medals
are found.
I don't mention the places which you noted
yourself. But if your journey to Astracan
& from thence by the way of Cazan should take
place, the following hints may prove useful:
The hotwells on the river Jerek, on the Caucasean
side, overagainst Jshervlenoi, are equal to the
most famous Wells in Europe. The borders of
the river Jerek are remarkably fine, lined with
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Correspondence |
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Peter Simon Pallas |
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