INDEX TO PART THE FIRST. 
Osiris, imitation of the ceremony of finding, i. 75 note. 
Oulla, River, account of, i. 523, 524. 
Oiishstka, River, notice of, i. 525. 
Ovid, the place of exile of, ascertained, ii. 393 note. 
Paintings, Antient Greek, account of, i. 26, 447. manner of imitating 
them, in Russia, 27. • 
Palace of Tsarsko-selo, described, i. 19. 22 — 24. of Petrofsky, 52. 
Antient palace of the Tsars, at Moscow, 155, 156. of the Khan of 
the Crimea, at Baktchesarai, ii. 180 — 184. 
Pallas, Professor, portrait of, ii. 143. anecdote of, 145, 146 note, his 
hospitable reception of the author, 160 — 164. marriage of his 
daughter, 266. accompanies the author in one of his excursions, 274. 
Palm Sunday, how celebrated in Russia, i. 67, 68. 
Panticapaum, antient city of, discovered, ii. 109. medal of, 110. 
Tomb of Mithradates there, 111 — 114. View of the Cimmerian 
Straits thence, 115. 
Parthemum, Promontory of, ascertained, ii. 215, 286, 287. ruins at, 
259. 
Paschal Eggs, presentation of, i. 7G. 
Paul I. Silhouette of, i. 1. state of public affairs during his reign, 4. 
anecdotes of his strange conduct, 4 — 11, 127,128. of his retributive 
spirit, 105, 106. subverts every thing that had been done liy his 
mother, the Empress Catherine, 239, 240; ii. 373. His usurious 
practices, 375. 
Pautovskoy, Town of, its appearance described, i. 286. when founded, 
28". animals found in its vicinity, 288. trade, 289- Rash conduct 
of a young peasant there, 290. 
Peasantry of Russia, dress of, i. 4 1, 44. servile state of, 46. 47. their 
oppressed state, 53, 54, 224. Description of the Ball of the peasants, 
76 — 81. auecdotes of their talent of imitation, 87, 89. clothing of, 
208. general account of their condition, 217 — 225. 
Peru, a suburb of Constantinople, appearance of, ii. 446, 447. 
Perecnp, Fortress of, its present stale, ii. 311 — 314, 454, 455. Ac- 
count of the salt harvest there, 315, 316. caravans of salt, 
317. 
Perry, Captain, ill treatment of, by Peter I. i. 431 432. 
Peter the Great, fac-similc of his writing, i. 1 65. botanic garden, 
formed by him at VVoronetz, 265. His shuffling treatment of Captain 
Perry, 431, 432. 
Petersburg/!, St. project for a water-communication between, and 
Archangel, i. 58. 
