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wooded districts. It is navigable the extent 
of 800 versts past Tchermgof, Novogorod, and 
Severskoy, to Bransk. Provisions, timber, 
and other goods, are carried by it from 
Bransk to Cherson, and even sometimes to 
Smolensk, by means of the Dnieper. From 
one to three hundred barks depart out of it 
annually ; and more than this number return 
to it from Krementchuk with salt. It was 
proposed to join the Desna with the Oka, by 
means of the Volva and the Zishdra ; a pro- 
ject of the highest importance to the inland 
communication of Russia. By this junction, 
the conveyance of home-products from the 
Ukraine, Little Russia, See. and of those of the 
Levant, through the Black Sea, would be 
greatly facilitated. No doubt the Board 
will, in due time, take these advantages into 
consideration. 
Rossa, though small, is yet abundant in water 
during spring. 
The Soujla might become of great importance, 
being navigable from Luhen, were the Cata- 
racts of the Dnieper cleared, and opportunity 
given for exporting the products of the coun- 
try it waters. 
Pi col. This river, flowing through a steppe, 
is hardly worth improving; it is navigable 
only during the spring, and is dry in summer. 
