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At the German Moravian Settlement of Sarepta, a little
before yu reach Czaritsyi, you will observe
that remarkable rising ground, which
borders the Caspian desert & respresnets<lb/. the old shores of the Caspian. They continue
towards the Don & Bay of Azof,
where there seems to have beena junction
of old between the Capian & Black Seas.
if you go from Cz\arytsyn towards th Don,
distant only 60 versts from the Volga at
that placed, you may clearly observe,
how much higher flows the Don & how
low the Volga, from which you may conclude
the difference of for the niveau
between
the Capian & Black Sea.
the way from Jfaritsyn to Dmitrefsk hath
nothing very remarkable, except some old
ruins of Buildings, particularly at the
rivulets of Metshetrad.
At Dmitrefsk is the place where Peter the Gr.
intended a junction of the Don & the Volga,
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
palnning 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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Correspondence |
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Peter Simon Pallas |
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