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'Explication of feme Words, which occur in the Reife- 
Befchreibung, &c. 
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6. Promyfchleni properly fignffies thofe, that 
make a trade or profeffion of hunting in 
Siberia. 
7- Goftinna fotna 7 the merchants of the firft 
clafs in Ruffia. 
Ibid. Semeon Iwanow fin Defchnew. When the 
Ruffians fpeak of a man of quality, they 
add to his Chriftian name that of his fa- 
ther ex. gr. Simon Ivanowitfch Defchnej ) ’• 
but if of a common man, they fay, as 
here, Simon Ivanojf fin ( i. e. fon of) 
Defcbnejfy Simon the fon of John Defch- 
neffi. 
S. CoJ'acke. The Cofacks are properly the fol- 
diers, of whom con lifts the Ukrain. militia, 
or that of the neighbourhood of the Dom 
Thefe laft began the conqueft of Siberia. 
Their pofterity is {till employed in raffing 
the taxes laid on the Siberian nations, which 
have fubmitted to the Ruffian empire. 
Ibid. Zimmer , is a bundle of furs, confifting of 
40 fkins. 
11. Simowie [. zimovie ]j properly, is an habita- 
tion, or quarters, for the winter; a hut or 
huts, built haftily, in fome defert place, 
in order to fpend a winter there. When 
the number of thofe huts has fo increafed, 
as to become a village, it has often ftili 
retained the old name of zimovie. Zima y 
in Ruffian, is winter. 
Ofirog . 
