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EXPLANATION of the Plates and Vignettescontained in the Second Volume.

Plate I. A View of the Gate of Perekop, or Or-Kapi, with partof the line that interfeüs the ifthmus of the Crimeanpeninfula ; drawn from the fide of Crim-Tartary.—In frontare feen carts from Ruffia Minor, laden with grain, inorder to take falt in return; farther, travelling carriages,and waggons of the Tartars, drawn by cameis or horfes ;a Ruffian poft-coach, and other vehicles, in confequenceof which this entrance into the Crimea prefents a livelyfcene almoft throughout the fummer. p. 7.

Plate II. The upper part of the narrow Valley, and the Town ofBakhtßiifaraiy together with the palace of the Khan, theprmcipal Mofque, the fepulchral monuments of the Khans,and the garden belonging to the caftle; the whole beingdrawn from a flight eminence.—By the intermixture ofgardens furrounded with Lombardy poplars, by the turretsof the mofques, and the ornamental chimnies, this townaffords an agreeable pifture. pp. 27. 29.

Plate III. A Profpeft of Eßi-Tourt, or the ancient fepulchral monu-ments, near the village of that name, immediately belowBakhtfhifarai. In front appear fome Tartar tomb-ftones ;of which, thofe eretted to the memory of males, are de-

corated