Charles X I I . o f Sweden, his e xclama tion a t
th e tomb o f Joh n Sobieiki, 1. 159- See
Sobiefki, P eter the Great. H is tomb, I I .
338 j anecd ote o f , i b . ; cloth es and h a t,
in w h ich h e was killed’, preferved in the
arien a l a t Sto ckh o lm , 351 ; defcription
o f th em , 352 ; inquiry in to the p a rticu la
r s o f his death, 353— 363 j V o lta ir e ’ s
an d M o tra y e ’ s account o f it , 353— 3 5 7 ;
reafons fo r fu p p o fin g him to b e killed b y
th e prin c e o f H e ife examined, 355 ; a c cou
n t o f his death given b y count Ltewen
t o M s . W r a x a ll, 337 ; rema rks on that
e v en t , 358— 363 ; co l. B ru ce’ s ac count
o f i t , 3 5 9 ’; confeffion o f C ro n fted t, a
Sw ed ilh officer,, concernin g i t , 3 6 1 .
Charlotte Chriftina Sophia, w ife o f A le x S y P e -
t ro w it z , I . 315 ; h e r fam ily , b ir th , and
m a r r ia g e , 582 ; ch ildren, i b . ; h e r death
an d h e r petition to P e te r th e G re a t , 584;
vifited b y him, take s a p a the tic leave o f
h im , and e x p ire s, 58 6 ; interred in the
ca th edra l o f S t . P e te r and. S t . P a u l, i b . ;
ftrange a c count o f h e r c ircu la ted . in
F ran c e , 587.
Chine/e, R uffian trade w ith , I I . 266.
Chriftian I k in g o f D enma rk, fome ac count
o f, I I . 5 7 5 .
Chriftian I I . k in g o f D enm a rk , fome a c count
o f , I I . 584— 590 j his imp rop er ed u c a t
io n , 58 3 ; conqu ers Sweden, w ith his
tyran n ical con d u it there, 586. See Guf-
tavus F afa, Sigrebit, Slagelbeck. D epo fed,
587 ; his d e a th , a fte r a ca p tivity o f many
ye a r s in different ca ftle s, 590. S e e p .582.
Chriftianftadt, defcription o f , I I . 509.
Chriftina, queen o f Sweden, her character,
1 1 .3 3 4 .
Church-lands. See Catharine I I .
Circular Stones, remarks on thofe ranges f re q
u en tly found in Sweden, D enm a rk , & c .
I I . 595— 5 9 9 ; defc ription o f one near
C o r fo t r , b y co l. F lo y d , 597 ■ w h y ca lled
G o th ic k Stones b y th e inh ab itan ts , ib .
'Chefs, v e ry common in Ruffia, w ith various
methods o f p la y in g it, 349.
Clergy, P o liih , th e ir priv ileg e s, I . 124— 126.
— ■ Ruffian. See Sacred Synod. Divid ed
into re gu la r and fe cu la r , I I . 10 0 ; d i f ferent
degrees o f th e regu la r s , 10 1 . See
Bijhops. Ign o ran c e o f the pa riih prlefts,
102'; fcan ty provifion fo r , 103. See Ca-
tharine I I . R e gu lation s rela tiv e to ma r r
ia g e s , 10 3 ; drefs, 10 4 ; feldom ap pear
in com p an y , ib .
Cock o f the Wood, a la rg e fpecies o f groufe
in F in lan d , I I . 3 16 .
Codex Argenteus. See XJpfala.
Columna, p rofanely ca lled th e Be thleh em o f
Ruffia, on a fuppofition o f b ein g th e b ir th 1
pla c e o f P e te r the G re a t , I . 296.
Confederacies, P o liih , p a r t icu la r and general,
explained, I . 1 18 .
Confeffion, horrid procefs fo r e x to r t in g , ab o-
liihed b y the p re fen t emprefs o f Ru ffia,
I I . 83.
ConJIitution, the mo il perfec t ftate o f th a t o f
Poland, 10.
Copec, a Ruffian co in , v a lue o f, I I . 283;
Copenhagen, de fc ription o f , I I . 524?— £¡27 ;
pop u la tion , 5 2 4 ; pa la ce and o f t agon ,
52$ ; R o y a l M ufeum, 5 2.6'; lie g e o f in
1658, 529— 5 3 1 . See Frederick I I I .
Corn, method o f d ry in g it in Ruffia in b a c k w
a rd feafons, I . 433.
Corps de Cadets, at Peteribu rgh, account o f ,
I I . f£ 4— 15 6 ; in flitu tion , annual income,
and exercrfes , 15 4 , 155.
Corfoer, on th e ifland o f Z e a lan d , de fc ribed ,
I I . 581.
Coffacs o f the Taik, fome ac count o f, I I . 67 ;
thofe in th e Ruffian army' de fc ribed , 232.
Cottages, manner o f th e Ruffian peafants
flecping in, I. 43 5, +36.
Cowvent des Demoifelles Nobles, at P eteribu rgh,
account o f, I I . 13 6^ -158 ; intended for
a nunnery, b u t converted to its prefent
ufe b y Ca th a r in e I I . 1 5 6 ; drefs and education
o f the g ir ls , ib. 15 7 ; tw o drama-
t ic k pieces ‘performed b y them in th eir
th ea tre, 157 ; ac count o f a Ruffian dance
performed th ere, 158.
Cracow, biihop o f, w ith the b iihop o f K io f ,
and o th ers , fe iz ed in th e n igh t, and im-
prifoned in Ruffia, 1. 2 4 ; his re tu rn to
Warfaw. a f te r five ye ars imprifonment, ib .
Cracow, c i ty o f, de fc ribed , I . 14 2 ; u n iv er-
f ity , 1 4 3 ; p a la ce , 1 4 4 ; tombs o f th e
k in g s o f Po lan d , 1 4 9 ; c rown and
o th e r reg a lia k ep t in th e pa la ce th e re ,
ib . j , th e citadel fu rp r iz ed by p a r t 'o f the
g arrifon o f Landflcron, 147 ; w h o w ere
cond u£ted
GOndufted through a fubterranean pa f-
fa g e by lieu tenant B y tran ow lk i, 148 ; de-
feription o f th e ca th edra l w here moft o f
th e Pollili k in g s are b u ried , 149 ; de fo liate
condition o f th e cou n try between
th at c i ty and W a r faw , 168, 169,
Gracus and Fenda, g rea t o b feurity o f th eir
h iftory , I. 147 .
Crefcents', frequen tly under th e croffes on
Ruffian, and w h y , I . 292.
Cronborg. See Flfinoor.
Cronflot, a wooden fortifica tion near C ro n -
ftad t, and; its- citad el, de fc ribed , I I . 224.
Cronftadt, the ftation o f th e Ruffian n avy
de fc r ib ed , I I . 224, 223. See Sailors. R e -
fervo ir fo r fu p p ly in g the d o ck s , 226. See
N avy. A v e ra g e uumb er o f E n g liih traders
wh ich arrive th ere ann ually, 248 ; n um b
er o f d itto from oth e r places in 1778 ,.
3’49*
Cronftedt, A x e l F red e r ic k , th e difcoverer o f
th e femimetal,- called n ick e l, and o f z e o lite
, fome a c cou n t o f his w r it in g s , I I . 453.
Croffes, w h y thofe on th e Ruffian ch urches
have two tranfverfe b a r s , I . 292.
Curtis. See Flora Danica.
Cyprian. See Hiftorians.
Dance, P o liih one, dèferibedj I . 224.
D ’A f t of, p rin c efs, propofes a focie'ty f im ila r
to the A cademie Fran^oife, I I . 12 3 . . i
Denmark; its ancient form o f government
t ill th e revolution in 1660, I I . 528 ; hifto
r y o f th a t revolu tion; 529;— 5 4 3 ; dif-
p u te between the nobles, arid th e c le r g y
and commons, 531 ; the two laft ag re e to
de clare the crown h e reditary , 535 ; which
th e former are at length obliged to comp
ly w i t h y 5 3 9 ; th e kingdom p u b lick ly
d e cla red h e reditary , 540 ; new o a th o f
a lleg ian ce, and fubftance o f th e royal law
o f D enm a rk , 341 remarks on th a t re volu
tion , 342, 343* j ftate o f popula tion in -
D enm a rk , 544 ; finances, ib . See-Mar-
riage Tax. A rm y , 343— 34^ J navy, 348
— 332 ; failors and marines, 349 ; lift o f
th e navy in 1 7 79 , 330 ; ch u rch eftabliih-
men t, 332 ; univerfity, 3 54 ; R o y a l A c a demy
o f Sciences, ib . ; ditto o f N o r th e rn
liifto ry and lan gu ag es, 533 j oth e r lite ra
ry eftablifliments, ib . 5 5 6 ; b otan ical
garden at C h a r lo t te n b u r g h ,, 363.. See
Copenhagen, Roftild, Ringfted,
D ie t o f Confederacy, I . 103.
■ Convocation, I . 103.-
—----.— Fleftiotiy I . 104.-
Dietines, o r ig in o f, I . 7,.
Diffidents, iketch o f th e ir hiftory , T. 18— 2 8 ;
admitted into th e diet b y Sigifmond A u -
guftus, 1 8 ; o rigin and meaning o f th e
name, 1 9 ; clau fe in the coronation oath
concernin g th em , i b . ; perfecuted and
baniihed from the d ie t , 21 ; th e ir fitu a -
tion a t th e acceffion o f Staniilaus A u g u f -
tu s , who is obliged to confirm th e law s
againft them, 22 diet o f 176 6 b rea ks up
in- g rea t diforder, when the Pruffian and
Ruffian memorials in th e ir fa vou r are
re ad , ib;-; form confederacies, and are
affifted b y a b ody o f Ruffians, 23 ; c o a lition
b etween th e malecontents and th e
diffidents, i b . ; laws againft th e diffidents
repe aled , 2 3 ; th e ir affairs finally f e t t le d ,.
3 6 ; in fcription on one o f th eir ch u rch e s '
a t W a r faw , 37.
Dmitri, o r Demetrius, hiftory o f th e t z a r o f
th a t name, I . 366— 3 9 3 faid to h a v e
been affaffinated, 36 7.. See p p . 303. 309«.
363. A n d to have been afterwards, p e r -
fonated b y a monk called G re g o r y , o r
G riik a O t rep ie f , 368 ; defeated b y V affili-
Shu iik i, gene ral o f Boris G o d u n o f , 369
crowned a t M o fcow , 371 ; his c h a r a f te r
b y M a rg a re t, ib . ; and b y M u lle r , 372 j
mu rdered and bu rn t to aftieSj 378 ; various
opinions concernin g him, 380— 393-■
Dnieper river, defcription o f , I . 243 ; dangerou
s manner o f crofting it at Slovod a,
231 ; ac count o f th e n a v ig a t io n 'o f , I I—
3 79- /
Dniefter river.' See Sigifmond Auguftus.
Dogorobuft, defcription o f, I . 2 3 1 .
Dolgorucki, p rincefs C a th a r in e , fome.account
o f , I.. 290.
prin c e, aflaffiriated, I.-403.
Do« , a c co u n t o f th e n avig a tion o f, H . 278’ ;:
p ro je ft o f u n itin g it w ith th e V o lg a , 293.
Einzellee, a Perfian p o r t on the C a fp ian Sea,
I I . 2 6 1 .
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