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content's. 



N° VI. Co'/ijeclures concerning the proy'-uiily of the Fox 

 lilands to the continent 0/ America. p. 291. 



N° VII. O/ZZ'^ Tfchutfki — reports of the vicinity 0/ Ame- 

 rica to their coafi, Jirjl propagated by them, fcem to be 

 confirmed by late accounts from thofe parts. p. 293. 

 N° VIII. Lifl of the New Dif covered IJlands^ procured from. 

 an Aleutian chief — catalogue of ijlands called by different 

 names in the account of tkeVxM^\-ix\dif cover ks, p. 297. 

 N° IX. Voyage of Lieutenant Synd to the North Eaji of 

 Siberia — he difcovers a clufier of ijlands, and a promo}2- 

 tory, 'which he fuppofes to belong to the continent 0/ Ame- 

 rica, lying near the coajl of the Tfchutski. p. 300. 

 N° X. Specimen of the Aleutian language. p. 303. 

 N° XI. Attempts of the Ruffians to dif cover a North EaJi 

 pajfage — voyages from Aichangel towards the Lena — 

 from the Lena tozvards Karatchatka — extraB from 

 Muller's account of Deflmcff's voyage round Tfchukot- 

 skoi Nofs — narrative of a voyage made by Shalauroff 

 from the Lena to Shelatskoi Nofs. p. 304. 

 Appendix II. Tartarian rhubarb brought to Kiachta by .the 

 Bucharian merchants — method of examining and pur^ 

 chafing the roots — different fpecies of rheum which yield 

 the finejl rhubarb — price of rhubarb in Ruffia — expor- 

 tation — fuperiority of the Tartarian over the Indian 

 rhubarb. P- 332. 

 'table of the longitude and latitude of the principal places 

 mentioned in this work. p. 344* 



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