CHAP. VIII. 
FROM THE CRIMEA, BY THE ISTHMUS OF 
PERECOP, TO NICHOLAEF. 
Journey to Koslof- — Result oj the Expedition Return to 
Akmetchet — Marshal B'ibcrstein — Departure from 
Akmetchet — Perecop — Salt Harvest — Nagay Tahtars — 
Ran a variabilis — General Survey of the Ci inum 
Country north of the Isthmus— Facility of travelling in 
Russia— Banditti of the Ukraine— Anecdote of a despe- 
rate Robber — Intrepid Conduct of a Couriei' Caravans 
—Biroslaf—Cherson— Burial of Potemkin— Recent 
