APPENDIX, N* II. 
4.53 
No. II. 
TRANSLATION 
OF THE 
REPORT made by a BOARD of RUSSIAN ENGINEERS, 
ON TIIE STATE OF THE 
INTERNAL NAVIGATION OF RUSSIA. 
The present water communication between the 
Volga and the Baltic, having the Canals of 
Vyshney Voloshok for its point of separation and 
reservoir, dates its origin from the year 1711. 
One part of the reservoirs, sluices, &c. at this 
place, serves to improve the navigation of the 
Tvereti and the other, to render the passage of 
the craft, over the Borovitsky Falls (in the Msta), 
less dangerous. This part of Inland Navigation 
is brought to all the state of perfection it is 
capable of; except finishing the Cut from Viliev- 
sky, for an extraordinary supply of water, in 
time of drought, out of the Lake Velia. This 
Canal was begun in 1779 , but soon abandoned. 
In 1797, the work was again resumed. In 
1 798, an extraordinary drought prevailed, and ex- 
hausted the reservoirs of Vyshney Voloshok to that 
degree, that the vessels bound to St. Petersburg 
Tlae Canals 
of Vyshney 
Voloshok. 
Vilievsbj 
Canal. 
