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EXPLANATION of the Plates and Vignettescontained in the Firft Volume.

Plate I. Reprefents a peculiar fpecies of the domeftic Cat, defcribed

v p. 48. The upper part of the engraving exhibits the coat

of arms belonging to the town and diftrift of Mokfhan,

with the two battle-axes of the Mordvines alluded to

p. 50.

Plate II. Reprefentation of Strelnie-Gory, or the fandy rocks forming^ the bank of the Volga, above Dubofka, p. 74.—In frontof it is the river, on which a fifhing-boat appears navigatedby oars and fails.

Plate III. View of the Colony of Sarepta, on the banks of the Sarpa,- from its weftern fide; as defcribed, p. 99. and following.—In front is reprefented what is called the " Vorwerk," orFarm; at a diftance appear the iflands formed by theVolga in its courfe; and which are covered with wood.—Between the letters a and b are fituated the church aswell as the houfes inhabited by the Moravian fiftersand brethren;— a, denotes the houfe of the fuperin-tendant or governor; b, the houfe appropriated to thewidows ; c, the market-houfe ; d, the inn ; f, the brewery ;g, the garden-grounds; /, tents covered with feit, in themanner pra&ifed by the Kalmuks, and which afford fhelterto herdfmen ; many of whom have acquired the Germanlanguage by their intercourfe with the colonifts.

vojl. 1. a Plate IV.