All the Czar's Anchors are made at Dobrove, about an hundred English Miles from Veronitz, nearer Mofco. Mafter Anchor-fmith, R. Halley, A Dutchnian, Purveyors in the Woods. Pounds Ster. 150 80 100 Yearly Rubles. 11260 $} 260. A Greek, who has been in England, chufes good Timber, A Greek, who fends down any Stuff that 260 comes to Hand, The Labourers are Peafants, obliged to work in the Woods for Nothing, which Hardship has made feveral Hundreds defert the Country. Dock-builder, Anniséé Miketowick, a Pole, Affiftant, a Ruffian, Two hundred Carpenters, 700 260 3650 Several hundred Labourers, which the neighbouring Provinces are obliged to fend in by Turns, and furnish them with Bread and Subfiftance for fo many Months. Communications between the between several Rivers, with a Prof fpect of advancing his Trade and Ship Den and Welge.ping, are between the Don and Wolga. This Paffage was firft endeavoured to be cut by Sultan Selim, for the better Transpor tation of his Army to Aftracan and the Caspian sea against the Perfians, in 1560, but his Den and Wolge. Defign was defeated by the continual Irruptions of the Coffacks and Ruffes. This Enterprize lay dead till about 1693, when the Czar employed an Engineer, Colonel Breckel, to work on the Communication, but being very ill used by Prince Boris Alexewitz Gal liczyn, Governor of the Province, who openly oppofed the Work, and who would neither furnish Men or Materials in Pursuance of the Czar's Orders, the Engineer, to avoid his Perfecution, fed away to Perfia. In 1699, another Engineer, Captain Perry, was employed in this Service, but met with the fame Difcouragement from Prince Galliczyn as his Predeceffor; notwithstanding which, the Work was carried on with pretty good Succefs till the End of December 1710, when the Czar ordered it to be laid afide till after the War, fince he could not fo well fpare the Number of Men required in the prefent Juncture. The digging Work is about half finished; twelve thousand Men and about five Years Time, would serve to perfect the Whole; the Channel was to be large and deep enough for Ships of eighty Guns to pass; it is to be dug through near three English Miles, in which Space there is a large Mountain, between the Rivers Lavala and Comifbinka; the firft falls into the Don about one hun dreed and thirty English Miles from the Canal, and the laft into the Wolga, about nine Engliß Miles from the Canal; fix Sluices are begun but none finifhed, and fix more are to be made in the Camifbinka: In all from the Lavala to the Place where the Camifbinka falls into the Welga, are fixty-two thoufand three hundred English Feet. The The fecond Communication is by a Canal nearthe Ivan Ozero, between a Branch of Don and Occa. the River Don and the Tula, which falls into the Occa; this Work is above eight English Miles long, and has several Stone Sluices, though not quite brought to Perfection, and is only defigned for a Paffage for large Boats. P The third Communication is between the Wolga and the Wolchow, a River which runs Wolga and by Novogrod and falls into the Ladoga, Sea: This Canal is cut near Wifnei Wo toczok, I think not above an English Mile long, and quite finished; a Mathematician was fent down this Spring to take an exact Survey of it and the upper Parts of the two Rivers; and another Engineer was at the fame Time difpatched to view the Rivers about the Biel Ozora, and other Lakes, to fee whether he cannot find a more convenient Paffage into the Ladoga-fea; the River Wolchow below Nowogrod having two or three dangerous Falls. This Come munication feems to be more for Curiofity than Ufe', for the Frigates now bringing from Casan, have been three Years in their Paffage; they are frozen up the fix Winter Months; during the Spring Floods for five or fix Weeks it is fcarce poffible for them to mount the Wolga againft the Current; towards the Autumn the Waters are very low, and they are often forced to warp round the Points of Land and Sand Banks: This laft Winter a Carpenter was fent fent to cut down Oak for fix Fifty-gun Ships at Cafan, the Timbers were to be rough hewn there, and tranfported in flat bottom Boats to Petersburgh; by the Time these will be on the Road, it will be certainly known whether this Communication can be of any Use to Commerce. Conclufion. Thefe Obfervations on the State of Ruffia are all that occur to me as neceffary, till the Influence of this Nation in the present War, and its Share in the general Affairs of Europe, makes this Country better known to Strangers. A JOUR |