les eaux, the river s

20. Volfira, a river of European Russia, having its source in a

smail lake in the Yaldaï tableland, and after a run of about

1600 miles flows into the Caspian Sea by over sixty ont-

let8, which form innumerable islands. It is the largest river

in Europe. Différent canaXa \«i\\à.ii^ \\» ^^xs^^fei mth the

Neva, it forma a line oî c,QraiTsxxaiv::»iùi.^^^

and the Baltic Sea ; by meana oiV:tveTimTiîk.\\.çi^imTsvNffl:\^^

PAOlLim

88. 20. with the White Sea ; by means of the Don with the Black Sea. In winter the whole river is covered with ice. Its nayû;&tion is safe and easy ; its depth, however, is gradually diminishing, and, owing to the ice, it is navigable only 200 days in the year.

21. se procurer ; lit. to procure to herself ; to hire a canveycmce,

voyager en poste ; lit. travel in a post-chaise ; topost.