I 
TO AZOF AND TAGANROG. 
fifteen versts*; and vessels, drawing from eight 
to ten feet of water, cannot approach nearer to 
the town to take in their freightage. 
The elevated situation on which Taganrog IS Arrival at 
built rendered it visible to us from the moment ' Iaeanr ° e ' 
we entered the Sea of Azof. The wind, how- 
ever, began to fail ; and it was night before we 
reached the shore. Several of the inhabitants 
came down upon our arrival ; and being after- 
wards provided with a tolerable set of apart- 
ments, we resolved to remain here for a few 
days, that we might prepare our journey through 
Kuban Tahtary. 
(2) Ten miles. 
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CHAP. 
XIV. 
