INDEX TO PART THE FIRST. 
Tables of Russian measure, weight, and money, i. preface, xit. 
Taganrog, situation and present state of, i. 426, 427. commerce of, 
external and internal, 428 — 430. state of the country in its vicinity, 
438. Variety of inhabitants, found at Taganrog, 439, 440. Anti- 
quities, 440. 
Tahtars, Calmuck. See Calmuck Camp. 
Tahtars of the Crimea, cattle of, ii. 138. Manners, &c. of the Tahtar 
Gentlemen, 139. their dress, 140. devotion, 171. barbarous 
treatment of them by the Russians, 173. account of those inhabit- 
ing the valley of Baidar, 232 — 234. their dwellings, 235. their 
domestic manners and habits, 236 — 240. Manner of thrashing corn, 
249. Tahtar school described 153. Tahtar nobles, 298. 
Tahtars, Nagay, difference between them and the Tahtars of the 
Crimea, ii. 318, 319. account of their manners and customs, 312, 
313 notes. 
Taman , Fortress of, its injudicious situation, ii. 80 — 82. antient 
ruins in its vicinity, 82—90. inscriptions, 92—96. 
Tana'is, or Don, River, etymology of, i. 337 — 340, 448. 
probable situation of the antient city of, i. 416. 
Tarantula Spider, observations on, ii. 197. 
Tcherkask, a city of the Don Cossacks, extraordinary appearance of, 
i- 361. its inhabitants amphibious, 361. when founded, 377, 378. 
Its situation, 388 note, population, 362. Tahtar mosque, 363. 
Regalia preserved in the principal church, ibid. 364, 365. other 
public buildings, 366, 367. singular custom of blessing bread, 368. 
commerce, 380, 381. polished manners of its inhabitants, 385, 
386. survey of the city, 387 — 389. houses removed entire, 390. 
Tcherkesskerman, ruins of the fortress of, ii. 275. 
Tchernomorski Cossacks. See Cossacks of the Black Sea. 
Tehetirdagh, the antient Trapezus, account of, ii. 260, 261. account 
of the author’s passage over, 261, 262. rare plants found there, 
263. 
Tchorgona, Valley, description of, ii. 294, 295. danger of the climate, 
296. Tahtar Nobles there, 297. 
Telegul, Gulpb, account of, i. 478, 479. 
Temperature of the atmosphere during the author’s travels, ii. 51 3 et 
seq. 
Tempest, terrible, described, ii. 405 — 409. 
Temples, origin of, ii. 75. 
Temrooli, antient and present state of, ii. 64, 65. 
Theagenes, Cippus of, described, ii. 207 — 209. 
Theft universally practised in Russia, i. 123. 
