Show u J the thi e following following deser description option 0 the port of ni the great shipbuilding ship building station of the black sea and the surrounding country is is by count demidoff modes rOdes sawas soon out of sight and we began to enter upon the steppes id in real earnest we do not find here as in in Bes sarabia those valleys looking like lifie long waves arland ofIa nd the steppe of southern russia is is level smooth and free frer from tres ties stretching out without any visible visible variation till its horizon is is blended with that of ille tile he seang sea A few kw long lines iines of those conical elevations ot which we have already spoken communicate with each other across this dull 1 and dreary waste jn in vain do jour yott hope that traveling sa so rapidly you will saon soon see the end great disc which surrounds you tha th prospect 1 is ix ever the same bare parched and desolate the flowers which chin in the spring bloom oper over these uncultivated tracts had iong long si ince since dis dig disappeared appeared i beneath the wi withering breath of a burning summer and we might have said with rui uis the traveler who crossed these there plains in the century not a tree nor a hill it ll 11 not evena even A stone even eien these deserts however had experienced experienc pd t the 4 g al od effect e c t of the he emperors arrival the sands sandi awaited w t his presence no ies less than tle the citizens n lome 1 parti the road bad been leveled leveled and 1 1 the V 10 iuta ruts and hollows ailed up the post houses were resplendent with a ae freh 1 jb coat roat b at of whitewash and in in til the absence of newly raked ground in front of the do ars dom complied 1 p fe ae i d the holiday appearance esaud AN t to 0 t an art immense number of horses jh disperse 0 rabe plain in in the neighborhood of stain and apu will wil have on an idea ida of edthe the animation pervading mhd th steppes between the stages posts are seen feen cale caie carefully fully erected nt the end of evary every these posts ap are painted with the colors of the empires empire on ide ade is s inri inscribed bed lh the fhe number of from thelast the e Jast it tation station on the tho other the number to the n etab n i i t I 1 C arnt athing can give a beiter belter idea of the strange tag e and monotonous idea bf the steppe than trian the fact that almost oin ois always avs from our carriage we could baer bael se f two op oft these posts in front of us u and two bebi befi behind ind mak making ing n u league or tour as the dia diameter of df the circle described around ui u by this unchanging clanging horizon the slight car which celiaa ve flaa flab liaa f gound found 0 i r d toi tol lorer drably ably easy ovar over the moist turf lands of t had become perfectly jn in supportable on this hard and arid parched ground mr nor wp js this the only only ohly infliction under which W asua we g W sune ere jred d if yott should happen to ta be b tor entee enter MJ t thirst ard a aid A how edw avoid it wilh with vl h at J beasl pam g reau Renu reaumer merl ot of heat beat and clouds of 0 listl the te peo people pie in the vil vii villages s kes jes have nota nothing drw irm to blyer enyou on t you 1 but stinking water grawn p the very barrel in which it is bt ought cleav leaven en ai leowg what distance can be daller or more mournful in 9 ppe r 4 that the fea few villages ages t tobe 0 N moet met wit mith with I 1 along liese we roads but of wha at adran nit tit ace age is is it am e to live in in the in midst idt of wh enthey are deprived olevery of 0 every ever y of lit without shelter against the bno and ith lother mother r illan ha n a tolerably is soi sol 01 1 is lost in in the m midst of thise chisum iti me ns 1 pal paw at the cost of bow how much toil and off ft rin 0 fru flu litty litey procure procured the bread which them they ea ear eat I 1 the putrid W ater water they they drink and tha ha sc scanty autria effs orsi of ubbie nibble orid arid and muda which the winter vinter edt 0 as alsko tta such esthese as thebe these life ilfe is indeed hardt hard dum DUO pea pes ien ven which b has 1 s re refu buzed ed them tiem so many has given them the courage to endure 1 s A everal d day our cur rouf rout b ga n to peine incline ay e sea and ond we struck a wo raz ih I 1 a ott h e on to towards it if the tle tie 9 re ate M t 1 t y of af ii which Ts it at lim the yau yan same came e time lime a port and anda anila a justly renowned senaid towards five we vie came upon the bank of a large alar canal supplied by the waters of the mug alad and the these rivers join ing ingo on nithe the opposite bank a little above the spot where we stood exactly at the confluence of streams of unequal breadth stands where we intended to ern embark bark A number ot of catts drawn by bv oxen were wai wal wait waft ft ing their turn to be carried over and we were three quarters of an hour crossing the liman ilman 6 of the he boug doug by means of a very primitive contra vance A rope make fast to the bank on either sidel side continually dips in the water the men weigh upon the rope and thus the sio slow siow w machine advances the bank bani on which ni stands is on a higher level and presented the prospect of a number of beautiful gardens the property of the crown filled with tall poplars these trees were planted for the empress catharine cath arine by prince Po at the time j she to visit her new provinces the I 1 I 1 landing place is protected by a war var schooner in I 1 I 1 perfect order on reaching the shore we found I 1 ourselves in the midst of a crowd of soldiers ersi I 1 women and german colonists recognizable at once by their good natured tranquil faces the cause of this assemblage was no less a circumstance than the landing of a cargo of pa paste cs the favorite refreshment of the people of this j country i the germans have just bought several truck loads of them we halted at last in the yard I 1 of ani an inn of respectable appearance situa situated ted tid in j I 1 oneff one of the principal streets of or Nikol aielT its appearance yas ras was the only thing we could j ampro approve ve of in ti the I 1 d inn while awa awaiting itina I 1 our su supper liper which did not appear likely to make its appearance very Tap tar rapidly idly iely we wp strolled through th I 1 the handsome and spacious town tow n we had just entered at the farst glance every evry thing has an impost imposing and majestic appearance the streets planned upon a gigantic scale as ip in all russian 1 towns are suitably Turnia furnished hea hed with houses bouses but the grandeur of their architecture ture pro Tro promises i more than it performs palaces without they arp hovels within i the immense width of the streets a silent s stricture turg turp though exaggerated on the cities of the west leaves the tile inhabitant top lop much exposed to the sun pun the windy winds wind the dusty dust and the mud As ae for the public squares equates on which woich a I 1 battle might be fought no one would think of crossing cro IM ing th atheni e except during the fine season i notwithstanding with manding this pardo pardonably nabi or jn in the size size of its Is streets we re repeat presents a very majestic appearance and is well worthy of its position as a naval arsenal the town is rot yet completely finished in moreth more than anone one quarter a few fewa scattered houses rather indicate than carry out the plan of the street 1 the population of his this port amounts to about five ve thousand inhabitants and consist as ds may be suppo supposed sedi chiefly of i individuals bals connic connected ted with the naval service 7 the naval establishment we were only enabled to j judge d e f from torn a very airy I 1 pretty prom enade on a height he g t overlooking overlook im the mouth of the ingo inggul ua ap appears pears very adv advantageously situated for its pur por purposes poses with tie the ane necess necessary a ry outlay several large ships might he built at the same time in its docks which when launched canid could now easily flo float t out of Ms tvis natural harbor the entrance to which formerly formel too shallow lias ilas of ite late years year been made deeper before this important improvement vessels were brought trough into into the llma ilma bof of the thello bong ilg tig ot a those cum cumbrous rolls rolis machines call camels girst first introduce ced we believe by the venetians in the present day ships sh lp s oboe of ote hundred guns even are launched from froin the he doce yard at kikol aleff ales wence whence they P proceed to 8 sebastopol sevastopol Seba leba eba to be fitted tilted fittest without any extraneous ei tra n bous assistance a whatever t I 1 t I 1 I 1 t it is impossible to conc conceive elve eive b ui ide idi ing yard better adapted fid lid apted for its purpose p tir tit pose I 1 than n this th 13 is N na I 1 kole koie jedd jeff is sufficiently protected against any a at t tack by is its situation so farr far inland and at the extremity 0 a tortuous liman ilman abr ts it less fa as regards the supply of materials although the boisr bout whose course ti 14 obstruct ted led not suited to the floating of timber timber hemp and rd tar by bv the which flows together with th he e B bong boog ou 1 into the deep bay called the liman of the ani 4 e r this i bay shelt thelt sheltered ered from the waves of the e 0 pen open seail not from the win wih wind di d i gaviga navigable ble bie t ly the large rafts which peacefully des dep descend the rs e cf the 1 1 in lnla I 1 a word the position of does honor I 1 to th anc of the institutor of many great thinas in this empire of which he all ail it wai wal was impossible irl in truth to find a more suitable hb 1 pm et for the establishment of or a ar aro frone wrone fr ane one so favorably sit hated iri irl 1 1 the docks of sebastopol sevastopol Seba r L T e rw two ports formed raped by ai tc hard of na tur ture epis epil perfected by fi human 1 mias miNi kil ill and bound together gether ervi etal V community cf of i n navesta nAVes tg wust have been placed in ahe plans ol 01 1 elbez lhez mat wat efm I 1 press who felt fell the tle of a powerful pavy navy upon uhe the black block sea we were informed int ormed that bat the b hidden ain enemy of ae ibe fhe phlp chipping ping in irk tha ilia bay of sevastopol sebastopol Seba lopol the de worm which eats cats into all ell ails alls timber timer be ile neath the burfe surface ce of was not les loss destructive str yetive tive t to 0 vessels hulit buti and launched at nikol ale aie we wd do not assert this however 4 os as a fact our I 1 not being leing ai professional many man but hut it is is right to observe that this unfavorable chara ehara charae charac el ter divenito gi venito the port of would seem rem to be borne out certain observations fermeri ly published relative to this interesting locality ve were well weil pleased to eke ont the evening beneath the trees of odthe the to which chance has his led out steps the moon noon had calm and ana brilliant and heriha gic gle light was ivas spread over the ind illuk inina ted several gine fife ships of war anchored close in iri shore and almost at atour our very feet I 1 |