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But the line of direction of this canal being 
through a stony ground, though covered by a 
morassy surface; 15,000 cubic fathoms in 
extent in all its parts, with seventy sluices ; 
the question is, whether the supposed advan- 
tages accruing from this project would ever 
repay the enormous expense attending its 
execution ? 
The Moumbasciia and Koum approximate the 
Lake Flgh, so near, that a junction was at- 
tempted ; but high mountains made it imprac- 
ticable. 
TheTzoBiNA, and Limsha; insignificant rivulets 
of water. 
Rivers falling into, or flowing towards, the 
White Sea. 
The Kema, full of cataracts and torrents, unfit 
for navigation, but admitting different branches 
of industry. 
Vigh, issues from a small lake, situate not far 
from that of Vodla : from beginning to end, it 
is a torrent : it takes its course through a lake 
of the same name, and empties itself into the 
White Sea, by a multiplicity of dreadful cata- 
racts, at the wharf of Snolca. Between the 
Falls, the river is very deep, and sometimes, 
for some versts, it does not appear to have 
any current: from these seeming pools issue 
the most tremendous shoots of water. The 
