WORONETZ. 
ancl the wine of the Don Cossacks. The salt 
consumed in Woroneiz is supplied from a re- 
markable salt lake in the neighbourhood of 
Saratof, so impregnated with the muriate of soda , 
that fine crystals of it form upon any substance 
placed in the water. St/gar is very dear ; it is 
brought only from Petersburg. The necessaries 
of life, however, are, generally speaking, cheap. 
The carriers of IVoronetz go every three years 
to Tobolsk]) in Siberia, where there is a rendez- 
vous for all caravans bound to Kiatha, on the 
frontier of China. From Tobolsky they form one 
immense caravan to Kiatha. Afterwards, return- 
ing to Tobolsky, they disperse, according to their 
several routes. From Siberia they bring furs ; 
from Kiatha, Chinese merchandize of all sorts, 
tea, raw and manufactured silk, porcelain, and 
precious stones. The Chinese, upon their arrival 
at Kiatha, also furnish them with the produc- 
tions of Kamchatka, brought from St. Peter and 
St. Paul. Thus laden, many of the caravans set 
out for Francfort, and return with muslin, cambric, 
silks, the porcelain of Saxony, and other goods 
from the manufactures of England. 
Four men, with their captain, offered to take 
us by water to Tcherchask for two hundred and 
fifty roubles, including the necessary purchase of 
boats, anchors, sails, oars, &c. But the river 
