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After passing by the end of the Sea of Azov they went in an easterly direction and crossed a sandy desert on which neither tree nor stone was visible. This was the country of the Comans that Carpini had traversed, but in a more northerly part.
To the north-east of the Crimea, with a narrow passage between it and the mainland, is the Sea of Azov. Near the entrance to that sea is the mouth of the river Kouban, where the gallant Circassians have long held out against the Russians.
By its provisions, Turkey formally ceded Azov and adjacent territory to Russia and renounced sovereignty over all land north of the Black Sea; Turkey recovered Wallachia, Moldavia, and Greece, on condition that they should be better governed; Russia obtained the right of free navigation for her merchant ships in Turkish waters; and Russia was recognized as the protector of certain churches in the city of Constantinople.
She is really, she says, the Princess of Azov, heiress to vast estates, which may come to her any day; and the first use she intends to make of her millions is to fill the empty coffers of the Limburg duchy. Hornstein is not only converted; he becomes as ardent an admirer as his master, the Duke.
This plan, as drawn up at the close of 1800, arranged for the mustering of 35,000 Russians at Astrakan; while as many French were to fight their way to the mouth of the Danube, set sail on Russian ships for the Sea of Azov, join their allies on the Caspian Sea, sail to its southern extremity, and, rousing the Persians and Afghans by the hope of plunder, sweep the British from India.
Azov was a very strong fortress and was defended by a numerous garrison. It was found necessary to invest the place and commence a regular siege. A foreign officer from Dantzic, by the name of Jacob, had the direction of the battering train. For some violation of military etiquette, he had been condemned to ignominious punishment.
For the use of the soil the Hellenes paid here, like the Phoenicians in Libya, tax and ground-rent to the native rulers. The culture of corn and the fisheries of the Sea of Azov had rapidly raised the city to prosperity.
At once the monk came to us, waving in one hand Ganskau's confession of guilt, and in the other a draft on the Azov Bank for one hundred thousand roubles. "I suppose we had better pretend to do something eh, Peter?" asked the monk, with an evil grin. "Of course," was the reply.
For the use of the soil the Hellenes paid here, like the Phoenicians in Libya, tax and ground-rent to the native rulers. The culture of corn and the fisheries of the Sea of Azov had rapidly raised the city to prosperity.
The Tartars, the Circassians, and Moldavians are the bulwarks of our Empire, let us join to them the Cossacks also, and not wait until they all become the bulwarks of our northern foe instead, and he will lead them all against us. When he built the fortress of Azov he showed us plainly what he meant by it.
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