CHAP. IX. 
FROM NICHOLAEF TO ODESSA. 
Remains of Olbiopolis —Inscriptions— Medals— Admiral 
Priestman— Mineralized Shells— Observations upon the 
Odessa Limestone — Consequences which resulted from 
the Opening of the Thracian Bosporus— Conduct of the 
Emperor respecting Odessa — Number of discarded 
Officers— Usurious Practices of the Sovereign— Further 
Account of Odessa — Account of the Passage by Land 
to Constantinople — Preparation for sailing from Odessa. 
Some interesting antiquities have been found 
in the neighbourhood of Nicholaef To the south 
of the town, near to the fall of the Bog into the 
CHAP. 
IX. 
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