INDEX TO PART THE EIRST. 
Sandal, Russian, vignette of, 227- of wliat materials made, 230. 
Sash, River, account of, i. 497, 500 — 502. 
Sdshay, Canal, account of, i. 4 5 9 ■ 
Sea of Azof, remarkable phenomenon in, i. 423, 424. 
Serpuc/wf, town of, described, i. 230, 231. 
Shahin Ghirei, Khan of Crim Tahtary, causes that led to the deposition 
and death of, ii. 173-178- delivered to the Turks, and put to 
death, 180, 181. 
Sharra, River, notice of, i. 529, 530. 
Sheksna, River, account of, i. 502. rivers falling into it, 503—505. 
Shdhl, village and caverns of, described, ii. 28 1 , 282. 
Siberia, state of exiles in, i. 107. Notice of Tobolsk?, 108. 
Sinucha, River, notice of, i. 477. 
Slavery, universal, in the Russian Empire, i. 46, 47, 53. Relative 
condition of slaves and their lords, 119, 120. Noble behaviour of 
Count Golovkin's peasants, 120. 
Smith, Mr. J. S., Memorial of, to the Porte, 465 — 482. Reply thereto, 
485. 
Soldiers, Russian, catechism of, ii. 457—468. 
Soros, marble, at YenikaU, ii. 103. 
Sosha, River, notice of, i. 471- 
Souehona, River, notice of, i. 504. and of the Lower Souchona, 515. 
Sonia, River, notice of, i. 473. 
Souma, River, notice of, i. 511. 
Stara Crim, situation of, ii. 154. The site of the antient city of 
Theodosia, 151 note, 155 note. Accouut of ruined baths there, 
j 54 J5S. Villa of the Empress Catherine there, 157. Antient 
Vallum in its vicinity, 158. 
Steppes, nature of, explained, i. 279. description of them, 308, 309, 
322 323, 324. account of animals peculiar to them, 325—331. 
Distinction between the Cossacks of the Steppes and those of the 
Don, 334. The Steppes of the Crimea infested with locusts, ii. 
133 135 . and with venomous insects, 136. 
Strubo, geography of, reconciled with that of Pliny, ii. 68. 
Sudah, antient names of, ii. 309 note, notice of its fortress, 453, 454. 
Superstitions of the Greek Church, account of, i. 28— 31. of the 
Russian peasantry, 39, 45, 99 — 101. 
Surolte, of the Steppes, account of, i. 325—328. 
Suslic, an animal peculiar to the Steppes, description of, i. 329—331. 
Suvorof, Field-marshal, anecdotes of, ii. 270—272. his catechism foe 
the Russian army, 457—468. 
Svir, River, notice of, i.498. 
