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teen versts. Hitherto it has been successfully 
carried on : the canal is finished ; ten versts on 
the Vitegra cleared, and thirteen sluices com- 
pleted. 
In 1801 , the canal was supplied with ease, 
and the greatest part of the communication 
rendered navigable. The entire completion 
of the whole, including the time necessary 
for clearing the cataracts in the Vitegra, and 
improving the Kofgia, it is computed, will be 
in 1805 
Independent of the benefits expected from 
this canal, in avoiding the inconveniences of 
that of Vyshney Voloshok, it is expected to open 
another track, and procure a new, and not a 
very circuitous passage, to the vessels going 
from the Sheksna to the Volga. The caravan 
from the Lower Volga will also be freed from 
detention in waiting for high water at Vyshney 
Voloshok and in the Msta River, by which the 
passage through the former will be rendered 
easier, and trade have a greater scope for 
exertion and increase ; as Vyshney Voloshok, in 
its most perfect state, cannot admit a passage 
for more than 4000 barks annually, and thereby 
(l) 2,000,000 roubles were assigned for this work; and in 1793 
and 1800, 500,000 roubles were expended. 400,000 were computed 
necessary for 1801. 
