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INDEX. 
Stag-hunt, Mr. West’s picture of a, i. 417, 418. 
Stanislovo, the capital of Buscovini, ii. 807. 
Staircase, ancient, at the Palace of Forty Pillars, 
i. 594. et seq. 
Statue near the river Shirene, ii. 170. 
-of a colossal lion found in the Kasr 
Mound, ii. 358. 
Stavrapol, the city of, described, i. 42, 43. 
Stella, Mount, ii. 704. 
Steppan Zminda village, i. 77. 
Steppe, the, i. 2—5. 18—19. 
-- of the Cossacks, i. 23. 
St. Stephen’s church at Yassy, ii. 801. 
St. Nunia’s Cross, a Georgian relic, i. 98. 
-Chapel, i. 104, 105. 
Stone figures near Mariopol, i. 21, 22. 
-on which St. Gregory sat during his ce¬ 
lestial vision, i. 188, 189. 
Stone-cross of the Kristawaja, i. 89. 
Stones, sacred, ii. 424. 
St. Petersburgh, the author’s return to, ii. 808. 
Storm on Mount Ararat, ii. 616. 
Storks of Persia, i. 380. 
Story of King Baharam, i. 534—537. 
-of a petrified population, ii. 489. 
Strabo, the birth-place of, ii. 707. 
Strabo’s account of the Temple of Belus, ii. 320. 
Strait, the, near Constantinople, ii. 739. 744. 
Strogonoff, Baron, ii. 767. 
Stud of a Courdish chief, ii. 536. 
Sublime Porte, the hall of, at Constantinople, 
ii. 750, 751. 
Suffer-Kajar, village of, i. 297. 
Sulimania, city of, ii. 448. 
-, Courds of, ii. 449—451. 
Sulphur Desert, ii. 436. 
Sultania, city of, i. 275—277- 
-, origin of, i. 276. 
Sultan-abad, village of, ii. 602. 
Summary of the author’s labours on the Plat¬ 
form, i. 679. 
Summer-bath in the gardens at Negauristan 
palace, i. 339. 
Sun, origin of its becoming an object of worship, 
ii. 48. 
-, one of the “ high places” consecrated to 
the worship of the, at Zingir Kala, ii. 602. 
606. 
Sunni followers of Mahomed, ii. 454, 455. 
Superstitions, Persian, i. 481. 
Supineness of the Armenian clergy, i. 426. 
Surgeon, Persian, i. 464. 
-of Kara-Koulak, ii. 680. 
Surnames unknown to the inhabitants of Mount 
Caucasus, i. 77. 
Susa, or Shushan, city of, ii. 411, 412. 
-, ruins of, ii. 412. 
-, tomb of Daniel at, ii. 413. 
-, relics at, ii. 415, et seq. 
-, site of, ii. 414. 
Susiana, the ancient, i. 306. 
-, and Persia Proper, supposed to be the 
Elam of Scripture, ii. 236. 
Sutzo, Prince Alexander, ii. 780. 783. 785. 
-, Michael Gregoire, prince, ii. 798, 799. 
Suwarroff, General, ii. 794. 
Syria, reduced by Arbaces, ii. 159. 
T. • 
Tabate, river, i. 157. 
Tabbat, village of, ii. 578. 
Tabreez, or Tabriz, city of, i. 220—228. 
-, history of, i. 226. 
-, improvements by Abbas Mirza, i. 
227. 
-houses, i. 228. 
-, arsenal at, ii. 506, 507. 
-, royal residence at, i. 229. * 
-, women of, 229, 230. 
-, anderoon, or royal female apartments, 
i. 230. 
-baths, i. 230. 233. 
-, climate of, 246—248. 
-, departure from, i. 251. 
--, yellow marble of, ii. 499. 527, 528. 
-■, author's return to, ii. 500. 
-, earthquakes at, ii. 501. 
-, departure from, i. 251. 
-, the author’s return to, ii. 608. 
--, the author leaves in October, 1819, 
ii. 609. 
Tackat mountain, ii. 638, 639. 
Tackt-i-Bostan village, ii. 164. 
-, mountain of, ii. 165. 169. 
-, the great arch at, ii. 171. 
-, bas-reliefs at, ii. 173, el seq. 
