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chap, is sometimes Danaetz or Danaets, and Tdanaets ; 
' — v — j hence the transition to Tanais is not very equi- 
vocal ; nor can much doubt be entertained 
concerning the origin of the appellation bestowed 
by the Antients upon the river. In what a 
variety of languages has this word Don, with 
its roots and ramifications, been used to signify 
a river, a lake, or cities near the mouths of 
rivers! Don, Donets, Dun, Den, Dan, Danau, Tan, 
Tane, Ain, An, En, See. &c. Thus we have 
Jordan ; Tarns, a name of Sais, on the Nile; 
Tan y bwlcli, in Wales; Danube; Thames', 
Ain, and Coleram, in the north of Ireland ; 
E den, in the same country; Tyne ; and many 
others. 
Celo As we advanced through Celo Chlebnoy, we 
chkimuj. ^gheld, a j. a distance upon our right hand, the 
Don, rolling in a very majestic and devious 
course, while the full moon cast her light upon 
its waters. We halted for the night at a place 
Bestmrevka. called Bestuzevha, almost a solitary hut in the 
midst of wide plains ; and we were somewhat 
struck by the singular manner in which a pea- 
sant cautioned us not to sleep there, but by all 
means to proceed another stage. Trifling 
circumstances of this kind often excite the 
suspicious fear of travellers ; and in this lonely 
situation we were puzzled by conjectures. 
