INDEX TO PART THE FIRST. 
of tlie river, 348. Analogy between the Don and the Nile, 355, 
356,423. Length and course of the Don, 356, 357. Voyage down 
the Don to Azof and Taganrog, 394 — 425. Division of the Don, 411. 
project for uniting it with the Volga, 462, 463. account of its navi- 
gation, 484. rivers falling into it, ibid. 485. 
Don Cossacks, Origin of, i. 368 — 374. causes of their increase, 374 — 377- 
population of their territory, 347, 382, 383, notes, appearance of, 
at Kasankaia, i. 298. house of the Ataman described, 299,300. 
ideal dangers of travelling in their country, 301 — 303. amusements 
and dances of the people, 304, 305. difference between the Don 
Cossacks, and the Cossacks of the Steppes, 334. public entry of 
the author into their capital, Axay, 344. their hospitable reception 
of him, ibid. 345 — 347. celebration of a court festival, 350 — 352. 
mode of fasting, 353. state of education among them, 355 note. 
Natural curiosities and antiquities in theCossack territory, 357 — 359. 
extraordinary appearance of Tcherkask, their capital city, 361. its 
situation, 388 n. public buildings, and regalia, 363 — 368. founda- 
tion of it, 377,378. commerce, 380. government of their armies, 
38 1 , 382, notes. Dress of the Don Cossacks, 383, 384. their polished 
manners, 385. striking difference between them and the Russians, 
386, 387, 419, 420. diseases prevalent among them, 391, 392. 
distinction between them and the Cossacks of the Black Sea, ii.7. 
Dress of the Russian peasants, i. 41, 44. of the Russian nobles, caprice 
in, 83, 84. of the Don Cossacks, 383, 384. of the Cossacks of the 
Black Sea, ii.20, 21. of the Tahtars of the Crimea, 140. 
Drosky, a Russian carriage, described, i. 13 note. 
Drowned persons, neglect of, in Russia, i. 274 — 276. 
Dschovfautkatt, fortress of, described, ii. 185. Extraordinary ring in 
its vicinity, 187. singular excavation there, 188. Jewish ccemctery 
there, ibid. 189. Account of the colony of Jews there, 190 — 194. 
Dvina, River, notice of, i. 514. streams falling into it, ibid. 515. 
Dvina, the Southern, account of, i. 520, 521. rivers falling into it, 
521—525. 
Easter, ceremonies observed at, in Russia, i. 66. Palm Sunday, 67. 
Maunday Thursday, 69. Ceremony of the Resurrection, 70 — 73- 
Excesses of the populace, 75, 76. Presentation of the Paschal Eggs, 
76. Fashionable promenades during Easter, 143 — 146. 
Effremof, Village, notice of, i.25I, 252, 
Ekatcrinadera, the capital of the Tehernomorski Cossacks, account of, 
ii. 18, 19. 
Eletx, Town of, account of, i. 253, 254, 255. 
