Vol. VIII. p. 504, Nachricht Von der Russischen Handlung nach China.
Pallas Reise durch verschiedene Provinzen des Russischen Reichs, in Three Parts, 4to, St. Petersburg, 1771, 1773, and 1776, thus cited, Pallas Reise.
Georgi Bemerkungen einer Reise im Russischen Reich in Jahre, 1772, III volumes, 4to, St. Petersburg, 1775, cited Georgi Reise.
Fischer Sibirische Geschichte, 2 volumes, 8vo, St. Petersburg, cited Fis. Sib. Ges.
Gmelin Reise durch Sibirien, Tome IV. 8vo. Gottingen, 1752, cited Gmelin Reise.
There is a French translation of this work, called Voyage en Siberie, &c. par M. Gmelin. Paris, 1767.
Neueste Nachrichten von Kamtchatka aufgesetst im Junius des 1773^{ ten} Yahren von dem dasigen Befehls-haber Herrn Kapitain Smalew.
Aus dem abhandlungen der freyen Russischen Gesellschaft Moskau.
In the journal of St. Petersburg, April, 1776.--cited Journal of St. Pet.
Explanation of some Russian words made use of in the following work.
_Baidar_, a small boat. _Guba_, a bay. _Kamen_, a rock. _Kotche_, a vessel. _Krepost_, a regular fortress. _Noss_, a cape. _Ostrog_, a fortress surrounded with palisadoes. _Ostroff_, an island. _Ostrova_, islands. _Quass_, a sort of fermented liquor. _Reka_, a river.
The Russians, in their proper names of persons, make use of patronymics; these patronymics are formed in some cases by adding _Vitch_ to the christian name of the father; in others _Off_ or _Eff_: the former termination is applied only to persons of condition; the latter to those of an inferior rank. As, for instance,
Among persons of condition _Ivan Ivanovitch_, }Ivan the son of inferior rank, _Ivan Ivanoff_ } of Ivan. _Michael Alexievitch_, } Michael the _Michael Alexeeff_, }son of Alexèy. Sometimes a surname is added, _Ivan Ivanovitch Romanoff_.
Table of Russian Weights, Measures of Length, and Value of Money.
A pood weighs 40 Russian pounds = 36 English.
Three arsheens, or seven feet = a fathom[3], or sazshen.
[Footnote 3: The fathom for measuring the depth of water is the same as the English fathom = 6 feet.]
A degree of longitude comprises 104-1/2 versts = 69-1/2 English miles. A mile is therefore 1,515 parts of a verst; two miles may then be estimated equal to three versts, omitting a small fraction.