N 



D 



X. 



KraJJUnikoJf (a Ruffian aftronomer), 

 his accuracy in taking the longi- 

 tude of Kamtchatka, 27^. 



Krajhimnikofi', his hiftory of Kamt- 

 chatka, .'.56. 



Krsjlova, a river of Siberia, 324, 



Knigloi, or Round ^Jlc.nd, one of the 

 Aleutian Iflands, 69. 



Kulkoff^ his vefTel deftroyed, and 

 his crew killed by the favages, 

 94. 157. 



Kiillara, a fortrefs belonging to 

 Kutchum Chan, 190. 



Kuril IJlcs, fubjedt to i^iifGa, 5. 



Kutchum Chan (a defcendant of 

 Zinghis Chan), defeats Yediger, 

 and takes him prifoner, 179. The 

 moft powerful fovereign in Sibe- 

 ria, 182. See7~crmac,Silpir. 



L. 



Lapticff" (Chariton), his unfnccefs- 

 ful attempt to pafs from the Lena 

 to the Yenisei, 309. See p. 322. 



Latitude of BolchereJ];, Appendix I. 

 N" II. See Long-itude. 



Lena, a river of Siberia, 14. At- 

 tempts of the Ruffians to pafs 

 from thence to Kamtchatka, 311. 

 See Menin. 



Leontiejf(-i. RuJJianJ, has tranflated 

 feveral interefting Chinefe publi- 

 cations, 208. 



Levapeff. See Krenitzin and Le- 

 •vajlxff. 



Lobafckkoff (Prokopei), killed at A- 

 lakfu, 66. 



Longitude, of the extreme parts of 

 Afia, by Mr. Muller and the 

 R.uflian geographers, 267. By 

 Mr. Engel, ibid. By Mr. Vau- 



gondy, 268. The Ruffian fydem 

 fupported by Monf. Buache, a- 

 gainfl: Engcl and Vaugondy, ibid. 

 See Krajilnikcj}'. 



Longitude of Ochotsk, Bolchcrcsk, and 

 St. Peter and St, Paul, 269. 



Longitude and Latitude of the prin- 

 cipal places mentioned in this 

 work, 344. 



Ly/Jie Of r ova, or Fox Tflands, 14. 

 Their lituation and names, 25. 

 Defcription of the inhabitants, 62. 



M. 



Maimalfchin (the Chinefe frontier 

 town), dcfcribed, 214. Houfes 

 there defcribed, 216. An ac- 

 count of the governor, 2 18. The- 

 atre defcribed, 219. The fmall 

 pagoda, 220. I'he great pagoda, 

 22 1. Idols worfliiped there, 

 ibid. — 227. See Sitting-Rooms,. 



Manjhun, their origin, 197. 



Mdooang, a Chinefe idol, 225. 



Mednoi fir off, or Copper I/land, 

 Difcovered, 2 1 . See Copper I/land. 



Medvedeff {Dennis), his crew 

 maflacred by the favages, 90. 

 He and part of Protaffbff's crew 

 found murdered on the ifland of 

 Umnak, 99. 



Menin (Feodor), his unfucccfsful 

 attempt to pafs from the Yenibci 

 to the Lena, 306. 



Merghen, a Chinefe tovi?n, 244. 



Medviodkie Ojlrova, Krejffioffskie Of- 

 trova, or Bear Iflands, Difcovery 

 of, 324. 



Minyaehin (a Coffac), a colleftor of 

 the tribute, 69. 



Mongol, 



