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Table of RufTian Weights, Meafures of Length, aad 



Value of Money. 



WEIGHT. 

 A pood weighs 40 Ruffian pounds = 36 EngUilu 



MEASURES OF LENGTH. 



1 6 verfhocks = an arflieen. 

 An arfliccn =: 28 inches. 



Three arflieens, or feven feet = a fathom *, or fazilien. 

 500 fazlhens = a verft. 

 A degree of longitude comprifes 104^ verfts = 69^ Englifli miles. A 

 mile is therefore 1,515 parts of a verft; two miles may then be cfti- 

 mated equal to three verfts, omitting a fmall fraftion. 



VALUE OF RUSSIAN MONEY. 



A rouble =100 copecs. 



Its value varies according to the exchange from 3s. 8d. to 4s. 2d. 

 Upon an average, however, the value of a rouble is reckoned at four 

 fhillings. 



* The fathom fot meafuriiig the depth of water is the fame as the Fnglilh f;j- 

 f.hom =; 6 feet. 



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