Mouütairs. the .real topaz, ,theJaï&Lnt, and 'beautiful-fc'horls ;< with feijpentine, *afbfef-
tos,- pr irïdu-rated fteatitey.'-àâd^labaftefp bpi^des flatej and
limeftone. , In this opulent diftriét aïe alfo fait lakes, and warm fpringS
with vitriolic‘pyrites, or^a pf-ialum, natiye, jj fl|lph]ur; andrP^alSi iThe
i, metal^re^p^Jrbn, copper ;■ aqdtmany mines‘of lea<|-:pre, eqnöining
filyersjtand' gold. The zoology and Js|^tny are ah.ke--Jeiiriou^ -,an& in*
tereftïng.*
Stanovoi. The chain of Çkanovoi,, Qtherwife called the mountains qf JDchotfk,
is only a continuation of, the. mountains of Daouria. Thftpart has .been
liltle explored; but produces ,granite, porphyry, • cateedonyj and^fe»
nelian, with rock cryftàl, fulpbureous pyrites, and.qresof^uj}®* and
it is faid that coal is found in this diftridb A great hngplaHty. e^thia.
ridge is, that fome entire branches confiât of laeàutifuP $ed - and,-grpem
jafper. That branch wliich pervades Kamchatka, isjitde.known, being
covered with perpetual ice and fnow, but it abounds with jsslpanbes ;.
and th’fe iflcs which ftretch towards Japan are frequently^vflcanic,),, hoeis.
the latter kingdom yet free from the ravages, of hunting maentajns^ , •
> This grand chain contains aim,oft the whole- pio«nfa«»,®ft .Sijieijk,,«
the remainder of the land on the W. of the Yenefei being ievel ; and to,
the E. of that river are only feveral long ranges extending from'the S. to.,
the N.'
But in the S. W. part of Afiatie Ruffia fome rouges defqryè attention*
the lower part óf the Uralian chain, which bertds,., as-befbre 'ofe*
ferved, jto the W. above Orenburg, . 5 The fuppofed branch connecting
the. Uralian and Altaian chains is doubtful, being far to the S. of the
Ruffian boundary, mid in a region little explored, ƒ i
The cîamcaï range of .Caucafus forms a partial limit between. tEe
Ruffian empire, and thofe of Turkey and Eerfta. Between tEe Euxine
and-the Cafpian the Caucafian chain extends for about 4,00 B. miles
and where the chief heights are diftinCtly marked about j, miles in
• breadth» hut in many places 20 or £0. The fummitsy, are covered
' * The mountain Adunfhollo, celebrated for minerals, is in the fouthem extremity; of Ruffian
. Daouria. Dec. Ruff. v. 502. That volume, and the fixth, or laft, may be- confulted for an.
account of thiscountry.
.. y Pallas .mentions it in general termsas- low and broken; and.confiders the Uralian ridge as
bending S. W. towards the Yaik, and the Cafpian. See Independent Tatary.
12 ' with
with efcémal i;éë and\fnow^^ndî^J’fift^4*.^fcMf©f<gf,aé,i^)^^ucPee^ed:hy;
flate ,aiadhm&ftên^C- ,fln arïelenii^ttîîSIèlîp^liéylpjEédineed^éild 5 apd there
are‘ ftilHyëft|^ss*|S|fiIy©E/JIhfid, andjc'sp^er ; hnd it r^^feippofèd of lapis
lazu'li. The ‘Val ég* aibbund w kfc l é-kc ^fp fte es ^
-ddAftatic Ruffiafiÿfo abonda n't'in fèréftè^l^parjiQh^ftlIlimeï havemOt*
beçn affigü'ed-stti fo vaft an “extent. On t h p f f E , è | l g q :venlNïjB§t b£,
Itklitlk ah enoFfnqus, "dark, and bmtt^ffi'y^fqfefL extends
ef'r,Kati.8 The neriKérh and B^ùnTaihw>fîS|ilifâî,i*nlelb''ii<ï:
of 'feôod ; VthetNorway & not-beîn^lfeèh'dfftiV^r^ojFtK than 1' it-.1- 6b y
wh3%ithé;.ftly©r»fit..doesm^kp^éèd lat.- ÿS°v ’ lu Eirçopb,»taa&he .déir-
trary, the Nérwày>firTôfth~S*. e^tenlïv'ê3 Fotefts *wiïhîn‘ the
’ y*'
>'^AÉier ' \h&ft©refts* màÿ be' koïMfèred^S^'êxte'feEve ■ féye’l' plamfslan ap||
pl&raüceoft nature almoft'pfecu'liar tb Afii, Aid fonn, part^fJ'Duroplan
Ruffia ; but fomëévhàt- fimikr to- tKè'- fândyftdéftfrts' ‘o f - Affïcàf. The
ftepps4>aîe nôt fo t/arféfr o f végétation, being mbftly^ehly ’fandy,Jwith
'fcàttered pràtfchés ô'f thin ‘graft, and at wide ihtb?y$sJ a ftonted'thicket.,
Bfetween the mouths oft the Don ahd Vblga^ik a^fté^Whil® fèfemhleè
the bed-of à vfea ;.' with fptitè; oP^fàt',* and fâlînéM l>tkës, being Entirely
deftitdte o f freftr Water anèwo’od.14 ' --
On!the eaftern fide of the Volga ’E’ëgifre arf-’extérilive' ftëpîp',' 'ftormerly •
called that of the Kalmüks, from- tribes -^hd‘''ufed®fd- roam théVe^üh
the^ withdrew from the Rüffiah dbtniniètis in ryVi. TofttheB. it is
bbîmaëi^^y tne3CaYpiéfi Arat^jvlnle tq^meW^ it rnay
be regarded'"as connected .with the ftepp' of ’ÇEui^T^ànd on the E. may
be confidered as extending fo tné^r^CTi ûarïm’f ’tnë greater part ndt"belonging
to the Ruffian dominions, but%g n^abandbnèd’ tohEe wander-.
* See'the;;laft navels o f Pallas 1793—4> '1-9" ^ ? 1 8 0 1 5 ; I vol, i. p. 335,
there is .a curious defeription of JtneyCaÿcafian ebain^ which, may be" eo.mpàrèd;with that of
Gmelin Dec. Ruff. 'i(. -.in- , Tlie Perfian name of thfe.,chief fummit, Elhkss, (jfee IV A .imIU’,3.
map of Alia) the Doctor latinizes Elburus* a k! lI^ui ^{j iz/Rs hint ]r r mcarnir. t S|tetysnaon,
This ftupéndous alp Pallas' fiippofes equal in height to Mont Blanc iï'feèiîis cpntral, but hearer^;
the Euxine than the Cafpian. The BeftC'Tau ïplÿ&Æotis^anti^oIféÔs, vapourç like other c|f-
cftreons mountains. Ib. iii. 70. The other ch ie f‘heights ‘are 1 t‘J , urdi^
Earidlhat. 1
Shérefedin ftyles the whole'chain ofCinca&s Æurà.
I '* Dec. Ruff. vi> 183. 9 Pennant, Â . 2 .,p. clxxx. 19 Tooke'ç'^k’^, i, tySl
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