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EUSSIA IN EUEOPE. 



attracting large numbers of traders, Jews, farmers, who arrive in seme SO, 000 

 sleighs from every direction. Thousands of horses change hands, and the sales 



Fig. 231. — Novo-Cherkask. 

 Scale 1 : 200,000. 



3 Miles. 



often amount to £4,000,000 on these occasions. Many of the wares disposed of — 

 linens, soap, candles, felts, sugar, brandy, tobacco — are manufactured on the spot. 

 Here is also a flourishing University with rich collections, a library of nearly 



