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APPENDIX, N' II. 
The Cata- 
racts of the 
Dnieper. 
carried to Riga, Kofna, kc. instead of Prussia, 
whose ports of Kiinigsberg, Memel, Pi lan, kc. 
are enriched by this trade. The native merchant 
would then profit by the advantage which 
naturally proceeds from a direct sale of his 
goods in the ports of his own country, instead 
of having recourse to the agency of the subjects 
of a foreign power. 
In order to improve the Southern Inland 
Navigation, the clearing of the Cataracts of 
the Dnieper is sedulously continued with suc- 
cess. In places of insurmountable difficulty, 
such as the Fall called Nenasetez, recourse will 
be had to a circuitous passage, through canals 
with sluices, locks, &c. ; and there are well- 
founded expectations, that, in the course of a 
few years, navigating vessels up the river, or 
against the stream, will be practicable '. The 
event is the more devoutly to be wished for, as 
the Russian Polish provinces suffer greatly from 
the scarcity of salt, for which an exorbitant 
price is exacted. When the navigation up the 
river is rendered practicable, these countries 
will be commodiously supplied fijom the salt 
lakes of Kinburn and of the Crimea 8 . It is 
(1) 200,000 roubles are appropriated for this work. 
(2) The salt lakes of the Crimea were farmed by Paul the First, 
to one Peretz, a Jew, for less than 300,000 roubles. The contract is 
now ended, and Government have kept the salines in their own 
direction. The mode adopted will, it is firmly expected, produce 
two 
