How the River Flows
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is set going towards Gomel, Cherneegof, and Kief.
At Roslavl the greatest diversion takes place.
Here the majority sell their horses, and the railway takes them off by a round-about route to the eastern provinces of Russia, avoiding Moscow.
Those who can still go on with their horses beyond Roslavl turn into the province of Kaluga.
Where they wander and are absorbed.
The province of Moscow receives only the tiniest streams, the little drops of this mighty:
—Bitter river.
