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eminences that required digging eight fathoms 
(fifty-six feet) in depth; in others, through 
low grounds, where dykes and dams were 
to be erected, and even stone aqueducts 
built, to convey the water ol the canal over 
rivulets which crossed its course. Half a 
century would hardly have sufficed for the 
execution of such a stupendous enterprise. 
This work, had it even been executed, would 
not have answered, for want of water ; as the 
Lida, the proposed point of separation, has 
hardly a sufficiency to supply its eight 
sluices. The difficulties attending the plans 
of Generals Dedenef and Resanof being 
evident, a new track was sought for, and 
discovered in 1800 — 1801 ; and, in 1802 , 
another canal was begun. 
Inland Navigation from the Volga, by means of 
the Rivers Siieksna and Vttegra. 
The Rivers belonging to this Division are, 
The Sheksna, the largest of those falling 
into the Volga. Vessels go from Ribinsha 
to Belosersh ; from thence, by the Beloe Lake, 
or Beloozero, to the River Kofgia, and by it 
as far as the wharf of Badosh/ca. The trade 
of Kargopole is carried to the Sheksna, through 
the Lake Voge, whence the goods are trans- 
ported by land, forty versts, to the River 
