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tercd, under the command of their cham, or 

 king, Xun Chi, whom they named the Grand 

 Kam ; again iubducd the empire of China, and 

 the family of that Tartar prince continues to 

 reign there till this day. Little 1'artaiy compre- 

 hends all that country which is between the Ta- 

 nais and Boryfthcnes. It is far from beiir^ pre- 

 cilcly known what time the Tartars mad- tiiem- 

 felves matters of this country, for the opinions 

 of hiftoriatis differ widely concerning this matter. 

 That which appears the moft probable is, that 

 the dukes of Lithuania having fubdued the Tar- 

 tars, they fent princes of their nation to rule in 

 this country. The laft of thefe princes was 

 named Aczkirei, from whom came tKe race of 

 Girei, and all thofe pretended emperors who have 

 reigned in Little Tartary fince the year 1452. 

 About the middle of the fixteenth ecu airy, Sc- 

 lim, emperor of the Turks, fubdued Crim Tar- 

 tary, and took the fortrefs of Cafa : .and trorn 

 that time the Kam of the Tartars has been c'lo- 

 fen by the Ottoman Porte : fomerimes indeed 

 they have lu fife red the ekleft fon oi the- Kam to 

 fucceed him, and at other times they have nut. 

 We have fcen, moreover, a Kam called co Con- 

 (lantinople to give account of his cinduct, 

 fent into banifnment. We are the better p Leafed 

 with this opportunity of mer. 

 as their luilory leads us to make threr 

 tions. The liril is, that v/e cannot < 

 from whence the illullnous author o. th.r I 

 Letters could learn that the Tarurs con- 

 quered 



