Show interesting FACT up to the time timo 0 the escape of the russian ship dwina froe from the tilo allied fleet in the G gulf guif ulf of it was supposed by all writers oil on geography that there was no outlet from the gulf of to the gulf guif therefore sa glitalien oil gli alien allen ihde s de bribed upon all maps and charts as a peninsula the escape of tile the dwina from tife the english fleet in a the gulf of could not be explained ex capt unon upon upon the hypothesis that tha i t the tile gulfs named were e connected annec ted led by by a narrow channel known only to the russians in conversation with avith one of orthe the crew of the tiie dwina we ascertained that such a channel exists and that through it the dwina escaped but that it is extremely to navigate running as it ii does through the sand deposited at the mouth of 0 1 the annoor atthe at the time the dwina daina escaped from la castros astros bay com corn elliott suspecting that she had sailed for the gulf proceeded as far northward ashe as he could auld in boats with the hope of finding the tha channel but did not succeed lib lie ile subsequently reported that there could be no channel through which a ship of the smallest tonnage could be navigated it is now demos dimostra ted that lie he was in error the question is now definitely settled and we expect e that any maps that may hereafter be drawn that part of the he world will wiil represent Sag halien to be what it is an island instead of a peninsula english paper |