b o o k the province o f Orenburgh, he paffed the fécond winter at
. v' . ttfa. After feveral expeditions in the adjacent parts of that
province, he left Ufa on the 16th o f May, 1 7 7 0 1 profe-
cuted his route through the Uraliafl mountains to Catha-
rinenburgh; vilited the mines o f that. diftridt ; proceeded
to Tcheliabinik, a fmall fortrefs in the government o f
Orenburgh ; and in December made an excurfion as far as
Tobolfk. The next year he was employed in traverfing
the Altai Mountains, in tracing the courfe o f the Irtilh up
to Omik and Kolyvan; where, having infpected the celebrated
fdver-mines, he made for Tomik, and finifhed that
year’s expedition at Krafnoyarik, a town upon the YenisèL
In that place, fituatedonly in the 56th degree o f north latitude,
the cold was fo intenfe, that the learned profeffor was
witnefs to the natural freezing o f quickfilver, which curious
phsenomenon he has minutely defcribed $u
From Krafnoyarik he iffued on thé 7th o f M arch ,tiy y z ,
and proceeded by Irkutfk, and acrofs the Lake Baikal to
Udinik, Selenginfk, and Kiakta, whfere the trade between
Ruffia and China is principally carried on. Having penetrated
into that part of Dauria which is fituated in the fouth
eaftermoft part o f Siberia, he journeyed bétween the rivers
Ingoda and Argoon, at no great diftance from the Amoor ;
thence tracing the lines which feparate the Ruffian empire
from the Mongol hordes dependent upon China, he returned
to Selenginfk, and again wintered at Krafnoyarik.
In the fummer of 17 7 3 , he vifitedTara, Yaitfk, and Aftra-
çan ; and concluded that year’s route at Tzaritzin, a town upon
the Volga from whence he continued his journey in the en-
* See Pallas R e ife , P . 111. p . 4 1 7— 4 19 . , in V . I . p . 237., o£ C h em ica l it ifa y s , b y Dr.
aa 'd'a tranilation o f this rema rkable paflage» W a tfo n , biihop o f LandafFV
3 ’ ' fuing
fuing fpring, and arrived at Peteriburgh on the 30th o f ™ ap.
July, 17 74 , after an abfence o f fix years. . vn~ .
The account o f this extenfive and interefting tour was
públiíhed by Mr. Pallas, m three parts*, containing 2004
pages, in five volumes in quarto, which has greatly contributed
to extend his fame and eftabliih his character.
The author, in this valuable work, has entered into a geographical
and topographical defcription o f the provinces,
towns, and villages, which he vifited in his tour, accompanied
with an accurate account o f their antiquities, hiftory, productions,
and commerce ; he has diferiminated many o f the
tribes who wander over the various diftrióts, and near the confines
of Siberia; and detailed, with peculiar precifion, their
cuftoms, manners, and languages : he has alfo rendered his
travels invaluable to the naturalift, from the many important
difcoveries in the animal, vegetable, and mineral kingdoms,
With which he has enriched the fcience o f natural hiftory.
Thefe travels are written in the German language; but
the autlpr has added to each part an appendix in the Latin
tongue, which contain 395 ibientifick defcriptions o f feveral
quadrupeds, birds, fiffi, infedts, and plants. He has alfo
greatly contributed to increafe the ¡utility o f his performance
by 9 charts and 12 3 engravings o f various antiquities, o f
feveral Tartar dreifes and idols, and o f many animals and
plants.
The curious naturalifts and philofophers o f England could
not fail confidering a tranilation o f thefe travels, and thofe o f
Georgi, Lepekin, and Gmelin, the two former whereof wei e
made, and the latter were printed, under the infpeition o f
Pallas, as a valuable addition to our knowledge o f thofe dif-
tánt parts o f the globe.
* Reife du rch verfchieden en P ro v in z e n des Ru ffifchen R e ich s .
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