DON COSSACKS. 
Greeks to the Don, Tanais. The reason of this 
may now be explained. When the word Tanais 
was introduced into their language, it had re- 
ference to another river, and not to the Don. 
The subject is curious ; but it requires a better 
knowledge of the geography of the country, 
and better documents concerning the course of 
the rivers, than any map yet published can 
afford. Wc shall therefore accompany our own 
observations by an outline, faithfully copied 
from the latest surveys deposited in the Chan- 
cery at Tcherkask. Had it not been for the 
jealousy of the Russian police, we might have 
published another more extensive view of the 
whole territory of the Don Cossacks ; calculated 
to manifest the prevailing ignorance concerning 
the courses of the rivers, and the general 
geography of all the country bordering the Sea 
of Azof. It was prepared for us, in conse- 
quence of an order from the Governor of the 
district, by a party of officers belonging to the 
Cossack army: but some agents of the police, 
apprized of the circumstance, endeavoured to 
excite a suspicion that we were spies, and we 
were not permitted to profit by their intended 
liberality. 
In the first place, the Reader is requested, 
before he examines this Map, to suppose him- 
