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Note, The Men dying in the Yards, and their Places not being fupplied, no Yard has at present above two hundred Men. The Czar's Yard for thefe three laft Years has only built Brigantines and small Craft, he being in the Army, and his under Master at Petersburgh, but he regularly receives his Proportion of Timber, by Lot, with the reft, nor will he fuffer the other Yards to make ufe of his Stuff, but on Obligation to repay him the next Receipts. He allows no Foreigners to work in his Yard, but has the Draughts of his Ships from the British Mafters.

Mr. Cofens and Nye have the Infpection of the Dutch Ships on the Don, which are moft decayed; under them for this Service Dutch Shipta

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At STUPENA, to take Care of the old Dutch Ships:

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Two Affiftants, at 195 Rubles each,

One hundred Carpenters and Turners,

390

2190

Mafter Carver, Mansfeldt,

400

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All the Czar's Anchors are made at Dobrove, about an hundred English Miles from Veronitz,

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A Greek, who has been in England, chufes} 260

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, Annifee Miketowick, a Pole,

Affiftant, a Ruffian,

Two hundred Carpenters,

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Yearly Rubles.

700

260

3650

Several

Several hundred Labourers, which the neighbouring Provinces are obliged to send in by Turns, and furnish them with Bread and Subfiftence for fo many Months.

At OLONITZ, in the Ladoga-Sea.

YEARLY SALARY.

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The Communications which the Czar has ordered between the feveral Rivers, with a ProCommunications fpect of advancing his Trade and and Wolga. Shipping, are between the Don and

between the Don

Walga.

This Paffage was firft endeavoured to be cut by Sultan Selim, for the better TranfporDon and Wolga. tation of his Army to Afracan and the Cafpian Sea against the Perftans, in 1560, but his

Design was defeated by the continual Irruptions of the Coffacks and Ruffes. This Enterprize lay dead till about 1693, when the Czar employed an Engineer, Col. Breckel, to Work on the Communication, but being very ill ufed by Prince Boris Alexewitz Gal liczyn Governor of the Province, who openly oppofed the Work, and who would neither furnish Men or Materials in Purfuance of the Czar's Orders, the Engineer, to avoid his Perfecution, fled 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 finifhed; twelve thousand Men and about five Years. Time, would ferve to perfect the Whole; the Channel was to be large and deep enough for Ships of eighty Guns to pafs; it is to be dug through near three English Miles, in which Space there is a large Mountain, between the Rivers Lavala and Camifbinka; the firft falls into the Don about one hundred and thirty English Miles from the Canal, and the laft into the Wolga, about nine English Miles from the Canal; fix Sluices are begun but none finished, and fix more are to be made in the CamiShinka: In all from the Lavala to the Place where the Camifbinka falls into the Wolga, are fixty-two thousand three hundred English Feet,

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