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<p> April 14<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> O.S. 1781<lb/>Nigri Taghil an Iron fabrick belonging to a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Dimidoff<lb/>140 versts to the | <p> April 14<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> O.S. 1781<lb/>Nigri Taghil an Iron fabrick belonging to a M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Dimidoff<lb/>140 versts to the northward of Catherineberg on <lb/>the Asiatic side of the Ural mountains</p><p> When I left Petersbourg which was on the 6<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of February I had promised to write <lb/>to you during my journey oftener than I had been used to do before. On the <lb/>contrary I have sent you only one little scrap of paper with half a dozen lines on <lb/>it since that promise. You will admit I am <sic>affraid</sic> of no excuse, but I must<lb/>give you my reasons such as they are. The journey I was setting out on being <lb/>through a vast extent of country very little known and of which the Inhabitants<lb/>with respect to their manners are very falsely described, I thought I should find <lb/>subjects enough to amuse you and as I determined to keep a regular journal<lb/> I concluded I might safely promise to write often. A Journal I have<lb/>all along kept which one day or other I hope <del>will</del> you will have a good deal <lb/>of pleasure <del>from</del> <add> in </add> reading; but the copying it out in a style intelligible to any <lb/>but myself is what I have not <del>been</del> as yet been able to do. Finding my time<lb/>so much taken up in a <gap/> or place where I make acquaintance, I have <lb/> intended to stop at some solitary post house where there could be nothing <gap/> <lb/>off my attention and there to stay <sic>till</sic> I could give you a full account of my <lb/>journey so far. I have stopped but my head has been so full of considerations<lb/>respecting the future that I could not keep my attention for two minutes<lb/>together <del>to</del> what was past. In vain have I sat for an hour <del>with</del> my pen in <lb/>hand and the papers before me. Besides I have been thus far very much<lb/>hurried on account of the Season. It was of consequence that I should get as far as <lb/>Catherineberg with the winter road, I have been there and am now waiting at different<lb/>places round about it <sic>till</sic> the snow & Ice are gone and the Summer roads are in <lb/><sic>tollerable</sic> order. I brought a letter to this place from the owner of the works<lb/>here (whom I never saw) to his Intendants with orders not only to <sic>shew</sic> me every <lb/> thing I might wish to see, and give me all the information I might require; <lb/>but also to do any work for me which I might have occasion for respecting<lb/>carriages & c. As I am come so far with the winter road I have had only a <lb/>couple of ordinary sledges shaped a good deal like a cradle and almost as easy <lb/>in their motion; these being now useless and in pieces it is necessary to take<lb/>to actual carriage: the people here have offered to make one for me but you<lb/>may well imagine it is not one of the ordinary construction that will content me<lb/>A vehicle <hi rend="underline">for me</hi> must have many "<hi rend="underline">properties</hi>" never attempted to be given <lb/>to a carriage in this or perhaps in any country; but for this purpose it is <lb/>necessary I should superintend the making of it myself and this I am now doing.</p><!-- written at right angles on the left edge of the page --><p> I am very anxious still about Lohman.</p> <p> 1781 } S.B. Nigri Taghil<lb/> May } ironwrks N. of <lb/> 30.5 } Catherineberg} Siberia<lb/> 14 10 S } J.B. Linc. Inn <lb/> Sheet <lb/>I } <lb/> received <lb/> July 17 </p> | ||
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April 14th O.S. 1781
Nigri Taghil an Iron fabrick belonging to a Mr Dimidoff
140 versts to the northward of Catherineberg on
the Asiatic side of the Ural mountains
When I left Petersbourg which was on the 6th of February I had promised to write
to you during my journey oftener than I had been used to do before. On the
contrary I have sent you only one little scrap of paper with half a dozen lines on
it since that promise. You will admit I am affraid of no excuse, but I must
give you my reasons such as they are. The journey I was setting out on being
through a vast extent of country very little known and of which the Inhabitants
with respect to their manners are very falsely described, I thought I should find
subjects enough to amuse you and as I determined to keep a regular journal
I concluded I might safely promise to write often. A Journal I have
all along kept which one day or other I hope will you will have a good deal
of pleasure from in reading; but the copying it out in a style intelligible to any
but myself is what I have not been as yet been able to do. Finding my time
so much taken up in a or place where I make acquaintance, I have
intended to stop at some solitary post house where there could be nothing
off my attention and there to stay till I could give you a full account of my
journey so far. I have stopped but my head has been so full of considerations
respecting the future that I could not keep my attention for two minutes
together to what was past. In vain have I sat for an hour with my pen in
hand and the papers before me. Besides I have been thus far very much
hurried on account of the Season. It was of consequence that I should get as far as
Catherineberg with the winter road, I have been there and am now waiting at different
places round about it till the snow & Ice are gone and the Summer roads are in
tollerable order. I brought a letter to this place from the owner of the works
here (whom I never saw) to his Intendants with orders not only to shew me every
thing I might wish to see, and give me all the information I might require;
but also to do any work for me which I might have occasion for respecting
carriages & c. As I am come so far with the winter road I have had only a
couple of ordinary sledges shaped a good deal like a cradle and almost as easy
in their motion; these being now useless and in pieces it is necessary to take
to actual carriage: the people here have offered to make one for me but you
may well imagine it is not one of the ordinary construction that will content me
A vehicle for me must have many "properties" never attempted to be given
to a carriage in this or perhaps in any country; but for this purpose it is
necessary I should superintend the making of it myself and this I am now doing.
I am very anxious still about Lohman.
1781 } S.B. Nigri Taghil
May } ironwrks N. of
30.5 } Catherineberg} Siberia
14 10 S } J.B. Linc. Inn
Sheet
I }
received
July 17
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Samuel Bentham |
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