•¡S& & ’V t L S I 'Ñ" T ‘ 0 * RTUïS'S-PM.
b o o k which have been printed in the Tranfadtions o f that learned!
v.
,w , ihody. :
D.efcpftio tubulariæ fungofapKOpe-Wolodimsrum menfe Julia ijÇS olfsrvatce.
, £¡|» ojfibui SibcHte foffilibus craneis præfertim' rbinocerotlim átque buffalorum,.
olferv aliones..—,D? reliquiis animaliiim exoticorum p,er Afiam.sborealem repentis
complements’?’ , De reliquis animàliu’m exotUorüm per AftaM-bomlem repartis
compkmenhm.— Objersuatio de denlibtts molars bus fojjdibus ig?oli anima lis, &c.
ad- Uralenfe. jugum.. reperlis. . The 'extraordinary faits mentioned in thefe
three treatifes, on the foffil bones, fkulls,,and other parts of the rhinoceros,
e lep h an t, .and buffalo, found in various parts of Siberia, have been-already
related.- Defcriptio hepor.is Pùfilli. Dtfcripiiones gpuadritpedum..et Avium-:
anno i qAcpphfervatfirum. Equus Henshms—fotrmArtntrUe^Liurta Apoda.
— Addit amentum Djff.-.de Cranio Rbin. &<s.-^Obfervationes eirea Myrmeco--
pbagam. Africanam. -et. Didelpbidis novas? fpecim, ,&e.— Dejmption du Bufik.
à -quene.de cbiml précédée -d’.obfermtions§genérales fur, les ejp\ces ¡aüvages du ,
gros betaiL— Obfervations .fur Dane dans Jon etat.Jauvage,?u.fur. le.veritable
Onagre des anciens
It cannot but be pleafmg to the drivers o f fcience to be informed
that Mr. Pallas has. been lately diftfnguiihed with as
m a r k o f imperial favour,, being, appointed a member-of th e -
boardv-of mines, ..with-an .additional --appointment ofr^loo-a
per. annum.,.
As the care o f patting into order-and publishing the-papers
o f Gmelin and Guldenftaedt is;-confignêd.to Mr. .Pallas, ,
5 fhall clofe this-chapter with aihort account o f thofc learned
profefforsv
Dr. Samuel Gmelin, profeffar at;Tühingen,. and afterwards -
member .of .th.q Imperial Academy of-Sciences at Pcteriburgh,-
commencedhistravels in June, 1 7 68 ; .and having traverfed
the provinces o f Mofcow, yorone.tz, New Ruffia, Azof,.Caían,
and Aflracanr .,.he vifited, in .theyears 17 70 and 1 7 7 1 , the.
* T h e fe iëveral t r e a t ie s a re in th e - j 2th, 1 3 t h , 14 th , ! 7 th , an d 19 th V b le v o f the -
N o v i C om m ent. and in ,th e A i b f o r J 7 7 7;> farrll. _
different
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•ilifferent harbours o f the Cafpian; and .examined withpccu- c^ Pi
.liar attention thefe parts o f the Eerfian provinces w h ich>_
-border upon?that fea, o f which he has .given a eircumftantial
account-in the three volumes o f his travels already-pu-bliihed.
Adluated by a zeal for extending his obfervations, he attempted
to pafs Through the weftern provinces -of Perlia,
which are in a perpetual ftate o f warfare, and in felled by
numerous banditti.
Upon this expedition he quitted, in the month o f April,
17 7 2 , Einzillee, a fmall trading place in Ghilan, -upon the
ffouthern ihore o f the Cafpian; and, on account o f many
difficulties and dangers,* did not, until the fecond o f December,
17 7 3, reach Sallian, a town lituated upon the mouth
o f the river Koor. From thence he proceeded to Baku and
<Kuba, in the province o f Shirvan, where he met with a
friendly reception from Ali Feth Khan, the fovereign o f that
xliftrift. After he had been joined by twenty Uralian cof-
facs, and when h e was-only four days journey from the Ruffian
fortrefs Kiilar, he and his companions were, on the 5 th
•of February, 1 7 7 4 , arreited by order-of-Ufmei Khan, a petty
Tartar prince, through whofe territories he was obliged to
pats. Ufmei urged as a pretence fo r this arreft, that thirty
years ago feveral -families had efcaped from his dominions,
and had found an afylum in the Ruffian territories;
adding, that Gmelin ihould not be.releafeduntil'thefe families
were reitored. The profeffor was removed from prifon
to .prifon.; and at length, wearied out with continued perfe-
.-cutions, he expired-on the 27th o f July at Achmet-Kent, *a
^village o f Mount Caucafus.; his death was occafioned
partly by vexation for the lofs o f feveral papers and col-
. ledlions, and partly by diforders contradled from the fatigues
»of-his long journey. Some o f his. papers, had been fent to
.& ta ¿Kiilar