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INDEX. 



Middendorff, 14, 306 n, 585 n 



Migrating birds, 429 



Mikado, audience of, 627 



Miller, 347 



Mimisuka, the grave of the noses and 



ears, 682 

 Miuin, 14, 539, 540 

 Minusinsk, 283 

 Mirabelli, A., 728 

 Mogi, excursion to, 689 ; fossil plants at, 



690 

 Mohn, 229 



Moisture in the air, 364, 365 

 Mokattam mountains, excursion to, 725 

 Molin, A., 531 n 

 Mollusca, land and fresh-water, at Port 



Clarence, 581 ; at Konyam Bay, 584 ; 



in Japan, 669, 675 ; the northernmost, 



584 « 

 MoUusca, subfossil, in Siberia, 278 n, 288 

 Moma, the river, 526 

 Moore, Captain, 458, 558, 584 

 Morgiouets, 170 

 Mormo)i Arcticus, 88 

 Morosko, L., 529 

 Mosfcwa (steamer), 272 

 Mosquitoes in the Polar regions, 114 n 

 Motora, Simeon, 524 

 Moxon, Joseph, 202 

 Mucheron, B., 177 

 Muller, G. P., 13 «, 18, 22, 523, 525 n, 



528, 537, 549, 599 ;t 

 Muller, J. B., 305 

 Miinster, S., 517 « 

 Muravjev, Lieut., 208, 537 

 Murman Sea, 11 

 Murray, Colin, 707 

 Muscovy Company, 131, 165 

 Musk ox, discovery of the remains of, 



310, 570 n; supposed occurrence of, on 



Wrangel Land, 339 n 

 3Iustela vulgaris, 433 

 Mutuaja river, 205 

 Mutuoj Saliv, 537 

 Mi/odcs oheiis's, 113, 432 

 Myodes torquatus, 432 



N 



Nagasaki, arrival at, 688 



Nakasendo road, the, 644, 662 



NamoUo, 459, 565 



Naples, stay at, 727 



Narainzay river, 172 



Narborough, John, 200 



Narwhal, 125, 315 n 



Narontza river, 172 n ' 



Nathorst, A. G., 690, 692, 701 



Nay, C, 178 



Nearchus, 129 



Nedrevaag, A. O., 228 



Negri, C, 34, 727, 729 



Nephrite among the Eskimo, 577 ; among 



the Chinese, 577 n, 696 

 Neremskoe, 132 

 Neumann, C. von, 458, 487 n 

 Newr Siberian Islands, 19, 102 n, ,103, 



411 ; 528 n ; exploratory journeys to. 



311 ; first visited by Europeans, 552 ; 

 journeys to, 553 



Nierop, Van, 156 



Nikul river, 525 n 



Nilson, Rouzeaud, K., 734 



Njaskaja, 280 



Noah Elisej, 437 ; portrait, 437, 438 



Noah's Wood, 26, 159, 287, 556 n 



Nobel, A., 733 



Nordenskiold, K., 329 ; 250, 700 n 



Nordeiiskiold (steamer), 622, 624 



Nordquist, O., 3, 30, 32, 143, 153, 155, 

 243, 245, 249, 335, 336 n, 369, 374, 379, 

 404, 409, 431, 460, 485, 634, 669, 678 ; 

 excursion to Menka's home, 374 ; visit 

 to Pidlin, 379 ; excursion to Nutsch- 

 oitjin, 410 ; on the animals wintering 

 in Chukch Land, 431 



Nordvik, 542 



Noril Mountains, 272 



North-east Land, inland ice on, 134 



North-east Passage, reasons of search for, 

 48, 177 ; prize for its discovery, 188, 189 



North Pole, said to have been reached, 

 202 



Norways, the, 86 



Northbrook, Earl of, 732 



Notti, 400, 410, 413, 496 ; portrait, 401 



Novara Elliya, 720 



Novaya Sibir, 552, 553, 554 



Novaya Zemlya, animal life there, 83; 

 first known to West-Europeans, 164 ; 

 its name, 165 ; Russian landmarks on, 

 174 n ; its northern extremity passed 

 for the first time, 190 ; proposal to 

 colonise it, 207 ; supposed riches in 

 metals, 212; Russian voyages to, 214; 

 Norwegian voyages to, 224 ; circum- 

 navigation of, 226 



Nummelin, G. A., 161, 239 ; portrait, 241 



Nunamo, 565 



Nutschoitjin, excursion to, 409 



O 



Ob, Gulf of, Owzyn's voyage on, 538 ; 

 surveyed, 539, il>. 



Ob, river territory, 282 ; navigable, 283 : 

 first mentioned, 518 n ; Russian naviga- 

 tion to in former times, 173, 187, 207 ; 

 English vessel stranded at, 176 n, 196, 

 197 ; vessel stranded east of, 207 ; 

 Russian expedition to, 537 ; recent 

 voyages to, 238 



Obdorsk, 157, 221, 538, 539 



Observatory, maguetical, at Pitlekaj, 

 356, 384 



Okotsk, 530 



Okotsk, Sea of, bottom frozen, 445 n ; 

 navigation on, 531, 532 



Oiwake, 662 



Okuschi, Mr., 670 



Old Believers, Russian sect, 63, 207 n 



Olonek river, 17, 23, 520, 541, 512 



Olutorsk river, 523 



Onkilon tribe, the, 459, 565 ; excavations 

 on the sites of old dwellings, 335 ; 



