intend ant o f the b o tan ic a l ga rd en at
H a r tc am p , 436.; his ma r r iag e , 437 ;
founds th e R o y a l A c a d em y o f Sc iences,
and is made profeffor o f b o ta n y , 4 3 8 ;
refufes invitations o f feveral foreign
c o u r ts , 4 4 0 ; tra v els o f h is fch o la r s , 441 ;
his d e a th , 442 ; F ab r ic iu s’s a c count o f
his private life , 443, 4 4 4 ; his perfon and
ch a ra& e r , 445-— 4 4 7 .
L in n a u s , Charles, ju n . his de ath, I I . 4 4 7 .
Lithuania, when arid b y whom united to
Poland, ' I . 2 12— 2 1 4 ; w ild beafts in th e
forcfts o f, 2 1 6 ; natu ra l p rodu ition s found
th e re , 219 j man ufacturers th ere, 220;
w h ich are g r e a t ly obitruCted b y th e fervi-
tude o f th e p e a fa u t ry , 2 2 1 . See Jews,
E x trem e badnefs o f th e roads, 226. See
. Turpentine. M an n e r o f harneffing horfes
to th e ca r r iag e s, 2 31; G re a t difficu lty
in t ra v ellin g , 232 ; miferable condition
o f the pea fants , th e ir drefs, and h u ts ,
233 ; comp an ion between them and the
Swifs pea fants , 234.
Literature, th e flow progrefs o f th e Ruffians
in , n o t ow in g to w an t o f genius o r the
coldnefs o f th e c lim a te , I I . 180, x8i ; rife
and progrefs o f , 182— 184. See Vladi-
ntir.
L ittle Grandfire, a fou r-oa red boat p referved
‘ w ith g rea t ca re in th e fortrefs o f Ruffia,
h iftory o f, I . 524— 5 2 9 ; an o th er fou r -
o ared boat o f P e te r ’s the F ir ft’s own m a k in
g , erroneoufly ca lled fo , 530.
Lomonozof. See Poets.
Long, D r . his a c count o f his la rg e fphere
eredted a t P em bro k e C o lle g e , C am b r id g e ,
' H . 14 7 .
Louis, k in g o f H u n g a ry , fucceeds his uncle
. C a fim ir th e G r e a t in Poland, bu t is
• obliged to-fign fome conceffions, I . 6.
Loui/a Ulrica, que en -dowag er o f Sweden,
h e r de a th , II 332.
Loui/a, a tow n on the G u lp h o f Bothnia ,
/ I I . 313 .
L ow itz . See Pugatchef.
Lukawfki. See Pulajki. His man ly b eh a v
iou r a t his e x ecu tion , I . 38.
L u k e , St. conjecture, con c ern in g th e t ra d ition
o f his b ein g a p a in te r^ I. 312 .
L u n d ,R o y a lP h ilo fo p h ic a l S o ciety a t , I I .496,
4
M a le r la k e , defc ription o f , I I . 4 8 1 .
Magnus, t itu la r k in g o f L ivo n ia , fome a c cou
n t o f, 1 . 359, 360.
Mangujhlak, a T a r t a r p o r t in th e C a fpian
Sea , I I . 263.
Margaret o f Voldemar, queen o f D enm a rk ,
fome account o f , I I . 3 7 2 ; lin g u la r c ir -
cumftances to w h ich ih e owed h e r b ir th ,
5 7 3 ; unites th e three N o r th e rn k in g d
om s , 5 7 4 ; her de ath, 575.
Maria, fille r o f P eter the G r e a t , imprifoned
a t Schuffe lbu rgh, I . 547.
----------- t itu la r queen o f L ivo n ia , fome a c count
o f, w ith h e r p ed igree from Ivan
V a ffilie vitch th e F ir ft, I . 358 ; her de a th ,
36 1 .
Marianopoli, a new-raifed town on th e fea
o f A z o f , I I . 2 7 7 .
M arie de In Grange, queen o f John Sobiefki,
• h e r ch arac ter, I . 187 ; he r J amily, 190 j
oppofes the election o f h e r eldeft fon
James L o u is , 19 1 ; h e r fpeech to a m e e t in
g o f fenators and n u n tios in he r own
ap a rtmen t, 192 ; h e r de a th , 19 7.
Marriages, rema rks on the ta x on in D en m
a rk , II'. 545. See Peafants:
Matilda, queen o f D enm a rk , h e r affeCting
beh aviour on p a rt in g from her d augh ter,
5 1 7 ; he r d e a th , 5 18.
Matth a i, Chr ifian Frederick, fome ac count
o f , I . 342 ; his ca ta lo gu e o f th e G re e k
manufcripts in th e lib r a r y o f th e H o ly
Synod , 3 4 3 ; H ym n to .Ce re s difcovered
- b y h im , 344— 346.
Mattocks, M r . p roprie tor o f th e V a u x h a ll at
M o fc ow , T. 289.
Maximilian I . gives the t itle o f emperor to
V affili Iv an o v itch , I . 334.
Medjhetifar, a Perfian p o r t on the C a fp ian
Sea , I I 262.
Melon, delicious fpecies o f, b rough t from
A ftra can to M o fcow , I . 287.
Menzikof, prin c e, his ingra titu de to A n n e o f
Holftein, I . 517 ; lownefs o f his o r ig in ,
533 ; firft ca lled A le x a fc a , or L i t t le A l e x ander,
5 3 4 ; his fervile obedience to P e te r
th e F ir ft, i b . ; was greatly* in favou r w ith
him and C a th e r in e the F ir ft, 536 ; his
fa ll and de ath, 537 ; fumma ry account, o f
bis
his fam ily x 538* See Catharine / .
Merchants, Burghers, & c . origin o f th at b ody
in Ruffia, I I . 10 6 ; divided in to three
d a ife s , i b . ; th e ir cond itional e x em p tion
from the p o ll- ta x , 107 ; good effeCts o f
t W regu la tion , ib . ; th e ir manner o f
• re ckon in g , 109.
Michael Feodorovitch, firft fovere ign o f th e
. houfe o f R om an o f, fome a c co u n t o f, 305;
affifted with troops b y C h a r le s I . aga inft
L ad iflau s k ing o f Poland, 333.
jSci/laus I I . fo u r th fovereign o f P o lan d o f
th e line o f P ia ft, I.
Military dignity in Ru ffia, privileges annexed
. t o , w ith various methods o f atta in in g it ,
I I .9 9 .
M ilitia. See Sweden.
Mines, Ru ffian , a c cou n t o f , I I . 283-— 289.
See Holy van, 'Nerfnnjk, Olonetz, Uralian
Mountains., T h o fe b elon g in g to in d iv i du
als, 288 ; an n y a l produce to g o ve rn m
en t, 289,
* Minjk, a town in L ith u an ia , I . 230.
M ir , a miferable v illa g e in L ith u an ia, I . 228.
M o ld , co u n t, his collection o f pic tu res,
ftie lls, & c . I I . 526,
Monafieries, many in Ruffia fuppre fled, I I .
100 ; remark thereon , 10 1 .
Monaftery o f the Holy Trinity, a t Mofcow, I .
353» 35^» an u p p en a l pa la ce and nine
la rg e ch urches enclofed in the w a lls , 3 5 7 ;
tombs o f ilhiftrious perfons in the p r in cipa
l on e, 358.
Money, Ruffian, ftate o f , I . 523 ; th e prac tice
o f h id in g it common in Ru ffia, and ,
w h y ,. I I . 1 1 5 .
Monplaifir, a fa vou r ite retrea t o f P eter the
F ir ft, deferibed, I . 5 4 1 .
Mons. See Catharine I .
Montefquieu and L e Clerc, th e ir obfervations
on the third eftate o f inh abitants in R u f-
f ia , II. 108.
Morajleen, place o f enthronement o f th e an--
t ien t Swediih k in g s, I I . 425— 427.
Mofcow (ca lled by the natives Moflcya),
(origin and. hiftory o f , I . 262 ; taken b y
T am e r la n e , i b . ; fir ft .defcription and en g
ra v in g o f, 263 ; is ft ill the moil p o p u lous
c ity in the emp ire, i b . ; its latitude
and lon g itu d e , number o f houfes and in hab
itan ts , 264, 265 ; irre gu larity o f the
bu ild in g s , i b . ; is divided into five pa rts,
266 See-Kremlin, Khitaigorod, Bielgorod,
Semlainogorod, Slohoda. Coa chmen and
p oftilions, th e ir manner o f feed in g th e ir
horfes, 2 6 9 ; and o f drivin g in the ftreets,
ib . 2 7 1 ; th e emprefs’s p a la ce th ere de -
fc r ib ed , 269— 2^1 j V a u x h a ll th e r e , 288 ;
n um b e r o f ch u rch es, 2 9 1 ; de fc ription
.o f the moft an t ien t , ib — 294 ; w e igh t
and dimenfions o f th e g re a t b e ll in the
ca th ed ra l, 294; brokb b y a fa ll, ^ 9 5 ;
a c count o f the F oun d lin g -h o fp ita l, 350
■“ 353 > roa<^ f r °m c i ty to P e te r f-
b u rgh deferibed, 434 ; manner o f formin
g i t , i b . ; rema rkab le g a tew a y th e re , i l .
239.
M ojkv a , r iv e r , I . 260.
Motraye. Se e Charles X I I .
Mountain fo r Sledges, o r Flying Mountain, at
Pe te rh o f, d e fe rib ed , I- 542.
M u lle r , Gerard Frederick, fome ac count Of,
274— 2 7 6 ; h is ac count o f th e election o f
P e te r th e G re a t , 398— 400 ; his con jectures
concernin g th e tombs fou n d in S ib
e r ia , I I . 136-— 139.
— — D r . Otto Frederick, his w r itin g s pn
n a tu ra l hiftory , I I . 567.
M un ich , c o u n t, b io g rap h ical anecdotes o f,
I I . 5 9— 63 ; learnt th e a r t o f war under
M a r lb o rou gh and E u g en e , 5 9 ; enters
in to the fervice o f P eter th e G re a t , ib . ;
is made generaliflimo b y th e emprefs
I A n n e , 60 ; imprifoned a t Pelim in Sib er
ia b y th e emprefs E liz a b e th , 6 1 ; r e leafed
b y P e te r the.Third^6 2 ; his d e a th ,
1 1 1
Mujhrooms, ex ce eed in g ly common in Ruffia,
I . 438.
M uficd l Infruments,. not u fed in th e G re e k
ch u rch ,. I I . 297..
Naafen. See Syane.
Navlnick, a curious fpecies o f ap ple in the
neighbourhood o f M o fcow , I. 288.-
Navy., Ruffian,, lift o f in 17 78 , I I . 227 ; c ir -
cumftances Which retard the progrefs o f,
229, 230.
Nerjhinjk, ac cou n t of. the filver mines th e re ,
I I . 286, 287.
N c j l o r S e e Hiftorians.
Neva, riv e r , defc ription o f, I - 466 ; model
4 L 2 and.