N° VI. ConjeSlures concerning - the proximity of the F qx
Iflands to the continent of America. p. 291.
N°. VII. Of the Tfchutfki— reports of the mcinity. of America
to their coaJi, firJl propagated by them, feem to be
. confirmed by late accounts from thofe parts. p. 293.
N° VIII. Lijl of the New Difcoverefi IJlands, procured from
an Aleutian chief— catalogue of iflands called by different
names in the account of ^'-Ruffian dfcoveries. p . '. 2 9 7 .
N° IX. Voyage of Lieutenant - Synd to the North Eajl of
Siberia— be difcovers a cjttjler of iflands, and a promon-
« ■ tory, which hefuppofesto belong to the continent of Ame-
• riba, lying near- thecoqfi of the Tfchutski. p . 300.
N° X. Specimen of ^ A leu t ian language. p. 303.
N° XI. Attempts of the Ruffians to difcover a North Eajl
paffage— -voyages from Archangel towards the Lena—
from- the Lena towards , Kamtchatka— extraSl -from
Muller’s account of Defhneff’s voyage round Tfchukot-
skoi Nofs— narrative of a voyage made by Shalauroff
from the Lena to Shelatskoi Nofs. P* 304.
Appendix II. Tartarian rhubarb brought to Kiachta by the
Bucharian merchants— method of examining andpur-
chafing the roots— different fpecies of rheum which yield
the finejl rhubarb— price of . rhubarb in Ruffia— expor-
. tation-—fitperiority of the Tartarian over the Indian
rhubarb. - P-332.
‘table of the longitude and .'latitude- of the principal places
mentioned in this work. - ' pr 344.
7 P A R T
P A R T I.
C O N T A I N I N G
I. P R E L I M I N A R Y O B S E R V A T I O N S
C O N C E R N I N G K A M T C H A T K A ,
a n n
II. A C CO U N T OF THE NEW DISCOVERIES
MADE BY THE RUSSIANS.