INDEX 



283 



Rainbows, II, 117. 118, 119 



Rakovaya Bay, I, 47 



Famsha, II, 8r 



Range Island, II, 106 



Rangifer stonei Allen, II, 44 



Rank of officers, I, 31; of officers and 



crew of the 57. Paid, I, 326, 327; of the 



St. Peter, I, 235 

 Raspberries, II, 57; yellow, II, 239 

 Ravens, II, 59, 81, 237 

 Ray, John, II, 2, 218; "Synopsis metho- 



dica avium et piscium," II, 108; 



"Synopsis methodica stirpium britan- 



nicarum," II, 247 

 Ray's Cornish gannet, II, 108 

 Ray's redshank, II, 105 

 Reckoning, errors, I, 210, 256, 276, 



308,322,332; 11,30,107, 122,126,128 

 Red-hot stones, II, 44 

 Redshanks, II, 106 

 Reed grass, II, 28 



Reefs on Bering Island, II, 197. 200 

 References, I, 353; II. 251 



Reichard, , II, 251 



Reindeer bones, II, 44 

 Relics of Bering's second expedition re- 

 covered on Bering Island in 1882 



(ills.), II, opp. 159 

 Remezov, S., I, 355 

 Renal calyces, II, 236 

 Rheum palmatum, II, 84 

 Rhododendron chrysanthum Pallas, II, 



239 

 Rhubarb, II, 85 

 Rhumb, two meanings, I, 37 

 Rhytina gigas or stelleri, II, 139 

 Ridgway, Robert, II, 259, 262 

 Rissa brevirostris (Bruch), II, in 

 River gulls, II, in 

 River otters, II, 217, 219 

 Robertson, William, II, 265 

 Rock ducks, II, 23 

 Rocks, on Bering Island and the sea 



around, II, 196, 198, 200; growing, 



II, 198 

 Rodger's fulmar, II, 109 

 Roots stuffed in the nose, I, 305. 320 

 Rosa cinnamomea L., II, 239 

 Roselius, Boris, I, 214, 225, 229, 235, 



241, 242, 277; II, 21, 89, 145, 148, 



152, 170 

 Rosemary, wild, II, 239 

 Roses, wild, II, 239 

 Routes of Bering's expeditions (maps), 



first, I, 10, opp. 20; second, I, opp. 



348 



Rubus arcticus, II, 239 



Rubus chamaemorus L., II, 239 



Rubus spectabilis Pursh, II, 57 



Rubus stellatus Smith, II, 239 



Ruge, Sophus, I, 357 



Rumex aquaticus, II, 85 



Rumex arcticus Trautv., II, 240 



Rumex occidentalis S. Wats., II, 84, 85 



Russia's solution of connection between 



Asia and America, I, 328 

 Russian Academy of Sciences. See 

 St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences 

 Russian archives, I, 349, 371 

 Russian Senate, instructions for Ber- 

 ing's second expedition, I, 28; Stel- 

 ler's report to, II, 6, 249, 258 

 Russians, advance in Siberia in early 



eighteenth century, I, 3 

 Ryabushinski, F. P., I, 370 



(S), meaning, II, 8 



Saccardo, P. A., II, 264 



Sahlberg, John, II, 261 



St. Abraham Island, I, 202, 275, 339 



St. Antoine (ship), II, 72 



St. Aphinogena, I, 92, 93 



St. Elias, Cape, I, 95, 271, 332; II, 36; 



from the southwest (ill.), II, opp. 44; 



plants, II, 238 

 St. Elias, Mt., I, 92, 93, 271, 332; II, 



2z, 42 m.) 



St. Elias Island, II, 36. See also Kayak 

 Island 



St. Elmo's fire, II, 116 



St. Gabriel (ship), I, 18, opp. 20, 22; 

 II. II, 13 



St. Hermogenes, Cape, I, 333 



St. John, Mt., II, 113 



St. Lawrence Island, I, 18, opp. 20 



St. Mariny Point, I, 92, 93 



St. Markiana Island. I, 198, 199, 275, 

 339 



St. Paul (ship), II, 21; Chirikov's re- 

 port on the voyage, I, 312-323; com- 

 plement, I, 326, 348; II, 22; con- 

 struction and launching, I, 34; course 

 changed after search for Gama Land, 

 I, 284, 313, 341; decision to return, 

 I. 297, 317, 324, 344; discovery of 

 Land (Cape Addington), I, 291, 313, 

 342; first-hand records, existing, I, 

 283; journal, I, 283-311; landfall: 

 Adak Island, II, 114; landfall: 

 Agattu Island, I, 307, 321, 347; land- 

 ing in Lisianski Strait, I, 293, 315, 

 345; log book, I, 283, 330; loss of 



