APPENDIX, N" II. 
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The Pasha and Oyait. Through these rivers, 
some timber is brought down ; and on their 
banks a great number of vessels are built; 
particularly those for the transporting oi 
goods from St. Petersburg to Cronstadt, and 
even sometimes to Reval In the course of 
1 802 , the digging of a circuitous canal about 
the Ladoga Lake was to begin between the 
rivers Sash and the Svir. On the completion 
of this work, the quantity, now commonly 
conveyed by the present track, of timber, 
wood for fuel, charcoal, &c. will be trebled, 
from the above rivers and the adjacent coun- 
try, in not being exposed to the dangers of 
the lake. 
The Svia, a navigable river, by which many 
valuable goods are brought from the environs 
of the Lake of Onega, whence it derives its 
source. Also by this river merchandize is 
transported from the Volga, through the 
Shelcsna, to Vitegra. It will form the chief 
branch of the new projected water commu- 
nication, between the rivers Kofgia and 
Vitegra, by means of the Marienshj Canal. 
The cataracts in it, though not of conse- 
quence, still render the return of barks 
difficult; they are now clearing with success; 
but, at all events, the making a towing-path 
will be necessary. Till now, these vessels 
