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TO NICHOLAEF. 
to Perecop, occurs between Krcmenchuk and chap. 
VIII. 
Ekaterinoslaf, upon the frontier of Poland. The <■ -> 
robbers hitherto taken have been invariably 
from that neighbourhood ; they were inhabitants 
of the Teller no La'es, or Black Forest., and ge- 
nerally from the village of Zimkoia; whose 
inhabitants are the remnant of the Zaporogztsi 1 , 
originally deserters and vagabonds from all 
nations. It was from this tribe that Potemkin 
selected those brave Cossacks who are now 
known under the appellation of Tchernomorshi , 
and who inhabit Kuban Tahtary. Many of the 
robbers, when taken, proved to be Polish Jeivs; 
and among the party which had robbed Admiral 
Mordvinof' s lady, some, who were afterwards 
apprehended, were Jews of this description. 
The house of Admiral Mordvinof, situate among 
the mountains of the Crimea, near Sudak, was 
also attacked during the time we resided at 
Alcmetchet; but, as the Admiral himself assured 
us, the attack was made with no other view 
than to carry off some of his poultry. The 
Admiral had been engaged in frequent acts of 
litigation with the Tahlars concerning the limits 
°f his estate ; and, as this conduct rendered 
him unpopular among them, it perhaps exposed 
him to depredations that he would not otherwise 
(1) See p. 4, of this Volume. 
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