MEASURES OF LENGTH.
16 vershocks = an arsheen.
An arsheen = 28 inches.
Three arsheens, or seven feet = a fathom[3], or sazshen.
500 sazshens = a verst.
A degree of longitude comprises 104-1/2 versts = 69-1/2 English miles. A mile is therefore 1,515 parts of a verst; two miles may then be estimated equal to three versts, omitting a small fraction.