. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 5 Miles. connecting the Volga with St. Petersburg—one by the Mologa and Lake Ladoga, the other by the Sheksna, the Belo-Ozero, and the two great lakes of the Neva basin. Hence the growth of the capital reacts on Eîbinsk, which may be regarded as its chief port on the Volga, and which is also connected with it by rail. Here the flat-bottomed boats, to the number of 2,000, tranship their cargoes to the 8,000 small ci-aft constructed for the navigation of the canals. The transhipments

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