* * * T h e numerals I . and I I . denote th e firft an d fécond volumes.
th e ca p ita l o f Swediih F in lan d , I I .
316 ; un iv e r fity th ere, founded by queen
C h r ift in a , I I . 3 1 7 . '
Academy o f Sciences at S t; P e te r ib u rgh , a c count
o f, I I , 119-— 148 ; origin and efta -
bliihment o f, 1 19 , i a d ; pa tron iz ed by
th e prefent emprefs, 121 ; inftruCtions to
th e t ra v e llin g members, i b . ; its ra p
id improvements, 122 ; TranfaCtions
pu b liihed under different title s , i b . ; memb
e r s , 123 j origin o f the. lib ra ry , 1 2 4 ;
a c count o f valuable books there, 125 ;
g re a t n umb er o f C h in e fe bo o ks ,
1 2 6 ; mufeum w ith the fluffed beaits ib .
1 2 7 ; cab ine t o f na tu ra l h iflo ry , 12 8 ;
.various o res, 13 3 5 anatomical cab in e t,
135 j . chamber o f 'ra r it ie s , ib .—- 13 6 }
C a lm u c o r M on go l id ols, 140 ; collection
o f Ruffian and Eaitern coin s, 14 1— 14 4 ;
W a x e n figure o f P e te r th e G re a t , and
■ feveral oth er memorials o f th a t monarch,
1 4 5 ; g lob e o f G o t to rp , 14 6— 147 j th eir
hiito r ical jo u rn a l, 193.
Academy o f A r ts -at d it to , ac count o f , 148—
1 5 0 ; its inftitution and regu la tion s , 148,
149 ; caufe o f th e flow progrefs made b y
th e fo c ie ty , 150.
Academy o f Sciences at Sto ck h o lm , its initi-
tu t io n , I I . 342» 343-
Admiralty, Ruffian, defcription o f, I I . 223.
Adrian, the laft Ruffian pa tr ia rch , I , 3x6.
Agriculture, o r F re e Oe conomicai Society at
P e te r ib u rg h , account o f , I I . 1 5 1— -154»
in ftitu tion , w ith th e emprefs’s le tte r o f
approbation, 1 3 1 ; mee tings, tranflations,
and annual pr iz es, 1 5 2 , 1 3 3 . See Catharine
//.
Aland, I fles o f, I I , 3 a I ..
Alexander 'idevjki, S t . his an n iv erfa ry, ac-
jtoiint o f , I , *76.
V p l . I I ,
Alexander, fucceeds his b ro th e r J o h n A lb e r t
in Poland, Í . 9 ; limita tion s o f th e fove-
reign au th o r ity agreed to b y him , ib ,
Alexander, fécon d fan o f John S ab ieik i, his
generous re fu fa l o f th e c rown o f Poland
when offered him b y C h a r le s X I I . I . 196.
Alexey Orlof, cou n t, his houfe a t M o fc ow ,
and manner o f liv in g , I . 281 ; h is -A rm e nian
atten d an t, 282 ; his co u n try houfe,
an d fine itud o f horfes, 283, 2 8 4 ; le tte r
from him to lo rd H e rb e r t , w ith a prefent
o f an A rab ian h o rfe, 284.
Alexey Michaelo-viicb, fa th e r o f P e te r the
G re a t , defc ription o f his co u r t b y th e
au th o r o f lo rd C a r lif le 's Emb affy, I . 2 9 6 ;
fome ac count o f , 306 ; h e ld a confiant
correfpondence w ith C h a r le s I I . in his
e x ile , 333 ; his cod e o f law , how com p
iled , I I . 88,
Alexey Petrovitch, fon o f P e te r th e G re a t ,
r e f lé t io n s on his fate , I. 5 1 1— 5 1 4 ; his
b ir th , 3 70 ; his b ad ed u cation , 5 7 3 ;
B ru c e 's ac count o f his perfon and man*«
n e r s , 574 ; renounces his r ig h t o f fu cc ef-
fion, and efcapes from P e te r ib u rgh , 3 7 3 ;
is condemned to die, 37^} various o p inions
con c ern in g the m anner o f his de a th ,
w ith remarks th ereon , 57 7— 582. See
Catharine I .
Amak, Ifle o f , de fc rib ed , I I . 327.
Amber, y e llow , g rea t q uan tities o f , found in
L ith u an ia , I . 2.19.
Amcenitates Académica, See f in n a n s ,
Anne o f H o lfte in , d a u gh te r o f P e te r I .
fome a c cou n t o f , I . 313 j efpoufes the
d u k e o f H o lfte in -G o tto rp , 5 16 5 her
d e a th , 5 / 7 . Peter the Great,
Anne, emp refs, fome a c count o f, I , 3 1 7 *
h e r perfon defcribed b y M r s . V ig o r , ib . j
' temporizes w ith the p r iv y cou n c il, and
4 IÇ afte rwa rds