[1] Forster, Voy. and Disc, in the North p. 165.
[2] Called likewise the sea of Zabachi, Ischaback-Denghissi, the Palus
Maeotis, and Sea of Asof. - Forst.
[3] This is explained to signify Deodati, or Given by God. - Forst.
[4] The Ch is used in Italian orthography before e and i to indicate
the letter k. Hence Cheremuch is Kererouk, and Chertibei, Kertibei,
or Kertibey. In the perpetually varying nomenclature, from vitious
orthography, and changes of dominion, it is often difficult to
ascertain the nations or districts indicated. This is peculiarly the
case in the present instance, and the sequel, which enumerates a
number of the Caucasian petty tribes, lying between, the sea of Asof
and the Caspian, now mostly subject to the Russian empire, whose
momentary names and stations we dare not pretend to guess at. - E.
[5] This odd expression, that these provinces are not far from each other,
certainly means that they are not large. - E.
[6] Otherwise called Sebastopolis, also Isguriah or Dioskurios. - Forst.
[7] Hence Asper, the ordinary denomination of silver coin in moderns
Turkey is evidently borrowed from the Greek. - E.
[8] Now Precop. - E.
[9] Kumania and Gazzaria, here said to be provinces of the Crimea, or
island of Kaffa, must have been small districts of that peninsula,
inhabited by tribes of the Kumanians and Gazzarians of the country
between the sea of Asof and the mouths of the Wolga, now frequently
called the Cuban Tartary.
