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1 Denga, or Denushka

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1 Polushka, the smallest coin of Russia = Do.

The Polushka takes its name from a hare-skin, Ushka (which, before the use of money, was one of the lowest articles of exchange); Pol signifying half; and Polushka, half a hare's skin.

The gold coinage of Russia is scarcely ever seen. It consists principally of ducats, the first of which were struck by PETER THE GREAT, worth two roubles and twenty-five copeeks each. When the author was in Petersburg, 'a coinage was going on at the mint, day and night, for the private use of the Emperor PAUL, of seventy-three pouds of gold; the whole of which was made into ducats. The mint was worked by steam-engines.

LIST OF EMBELLISHMENTS AND MAPS,

CONTAINED IN

VOLUME THE FIRST.

TO SERVE AS DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

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A newly engraved Portrait of the Author. . to face the Title.
General Outline of the Author's Route to face Chap. I.
Map of the Mouths of the Don
Map of the Situation of Tcherkask

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LIST OF THE VIGNETTES

IN VOLUME THE FIRST.

THE VIGNETTES ARE ENGRAVED ON WOOD, BY AUSTIN.

CHAP. I.

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1. Profile of the Emperor PAUL, from a Drawing by

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5. Stockings used by Female Peasants of the Valday. 44

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11. Great Gun of Moscow

12. Fac-simile of the Hand-writing of PETER THE

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14. The Rustic Pipes of Russia

CHAP. X.

15. The sort of Sandal common to all the Northern

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16. Antient Tumuli, as they appear covering the Steppes, 260

CHAP. XII.

17. Manner in which the Author, and his Companion,

traversed the Steppes of Russia

18. Portrait of a Calmuck Woman

CHAP. XIII.

19. Double Canoe, used by the Don Cossacks

CHAP. XIV.

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20. Hamaxobii of Herodotus, as seen at the present day, 395

CHAP. XV.

21. Map of the proposed Junction of the Rivers Volga

and Don.

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