TO WORONETZ. 
Malo-Russia and the Ukraine. At a short 
distance from Zadonetz, we crossed the Don by 
a ferry. This river exhibited a broad, clear, 
and rapid current. The town stands upon a hill 
above it, and originally formed one of a line of 
forts, erected from this place to Zaritzin, to pre- 
vent the incursions of the Tahtars and Cossacks. 
It has now a superintendant, or Gorodnilch ; and 
appears, like the other towns through which we 
passed, to be in a thriving condition. In all of 
them new houses were building, and the appear- 
ance of activity promised improvement. 
From Zadonetz, our journey conducted us 
through the sweetest country imaginable, co- 
vered with woods full of flowers, fruit-trees, 
and a number of plants, plainly indicating an 
approach to warmer climates. Apple and other 
fruit trees sprouted wild, among young oaks, and 
other vegetable productions not found nearer 
to the North Pole. The modern name of the 
Tandis will perhaps not meet the Reader’s atten- 
tion so readily, in the compound word Zadonetz, 
as if written Zadonsk ; in which manner it appears 
in the best maps. We have imitated the mode 
of pronunciation as nearly as possible. Donetz 
and Donsk are both names of the Don. Farther 
to the south, and nearer to the mouths of the 
river, an appellation given to a tributary stream 
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