KERASSUND, ON THE BEACK SEA 



"The Russians, the Rumanians, and the Bulgarians have improved their various ports, 

 and from them hnes of communication radiate by land and sea to every part of the vi^orld, 

 tapping the great wheat and oil fields adjoining the Black Sea and the rich agricultural 

 regions of Transcaspia. The Turkish coast is still innocent of harbors or railroads, although 

 it does a considerable trade in foreign bottoms" (see page 449). 



i'liotoa by ii. G. Dwight 

 TYPES OF SAILING VESSELS SEEN IN THE BLACK SEA 



The Black Sea is about four times the size of our greatest lake. Lake Superior is 412 

 miles long by 167 wide, while the Black Sea has a length of 7=;o miles and a breadth of 385. 

 That there is something dark and unfriendly about it is more than a legend (see page 435). 



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