INDEX TO PART THE FIRST. 
Beresina, River, notice of, i.470. 
Bibcrslcin , Marshal, Botanical researches of, ii. 308, 309. 
Billings, Commodore, anecdote of his expedition, i. 20. his unhand- 
some treatment of the author, 201, 202, 208. 
Biroke, an animal peculiar to the Steppes, description of, i. 329. 
Biroslaf, Village, account of, ii. 331, 332. Plants collected in its 
vicinity, 332 note. 
Black Sea, canal of communication between, and the Caspian Sea, 
i. 431. report on the navigation of, 464 etseq. erroneous account 
of, by Tournefort, ii. 38*. Dangers of that sea, 388, 389. English 
Commerce in that sea, 390, 469 — 487. Journal of the author’s 
voyage down that sea to the harbour of Ineada, 392—409, 488 502. 
Boats of the Don Cossacks, structure of, i. 359. 
Bobac of the Steppes, account of, i.325, 326 — 328. 
Bog, River, account of, i. 475. notice of rivers falling into it, ibid. 
47 6, 477, 531—533. 
Bogh, Russian, adoration of, i. 31. 
Boghoroditz, town of, notice of, i. 248, 249. 
Booksellers’ Shops, at Moscow, i.90,91. 
Borantzky, cataracts of, i. 494. 
Bosporus. See Cimmerian Bosporus, and Thracian Bosporus. 
Botanic Garden of Peter the Great, i. 265. 
Botterline, Count, library of, i. 178. his botanic garden described, 
179, 180. philosophical instruments, 180. 
Brandy, how prepared from the milk of mares, i. 314. 
Buldera, River, notice of, i. 525, 526. 
Caffa, arrival of the author at, ii. 142. present state of, 130 132 
note, 114. barbarous conduct of the Russians there, 131 note, 
144,145—147. Inscriptions, 147— 149. Distribution of the town, 
150. Antient ediflee converted intoa church, 151, 152. Departure 
from Caffa, 153. 
Calmuck Camp, description of, i. 310 — 312, 340. Koumiss and brandy 
prepared by the Calmucks from mares’. milk, 312 — 314. Descrip- 
tion of their tents, 315. Their personal appearance and character 
316. Portrait of their women, 317- Curious mode of dressing 
steaks of horse-flesh, ibid. Arts, armour, and weapons, 318. Re- 
creations and conditions of life, 319, 320. Diseases prevalent among 
them, 321. Settlements of the Calmucks near Taganrog, 433. 
their marriage ceremony, ibid. 434. Consecrated ensigns of the 
Calmuck Law, 434, 435. Difference between their vulgar and 
sacred writings, 436. Their numbers, 437. 
