_Davila_, Pedro Arias,
his execution of Vasco Nunez de Balboa, whom he superseded, 184.
_Dobell_, Peter,
his Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia, with a narrative of a residence
in China, reviewed, 52, &c.
his facilities for acquiring information, 52
venality of the Chinese, 53
opium smuggling, 54
robbery of the government, 54, 55
pirates, and fate of their leader Apo-Tsy, 55
salt trade, _ib._
unblushing venality of the mandarins, 56, 57
population of China overrated, 57
productions of the climate, tea, 58, 59
mechanic arts, 59
character, mode of living, temperature, fops, amusements, 60, 61
dinners of ceremony, 62
religion, 62, 63
Mr. Dobell's arrival at St. Peter's and St. Paul's, 63
bay of Avatcha, and embankments on the river, _ib._
the Kamtchatdales poor but hospitable, 64
their dwellings, 65
hospitable reception at the cottage of Toyune of Sherrom, 66
volcano of Klootchefsky, _ib._
town of Nijna Kamtchatsk, _ib._
winter store of a Kamtchadale family, 67
perilous adventure of the Toyune of Malka, _ib._
sagacity, perseverance, and swiftness, of the Kamtchatdale dogs, 69
in the country of the Tongusees, the author deserted by the native
guides, and his dangerous adventures, 70-72
town of Ochotsk, 72, 73
journey thence to Yakutsk, 73
dress and appearance of the Yakuts and Tongusees, 74
water communications of Siberia, _ib._
colony of banished persons on the banks of the river Aldan, 75
the Yakuts a pastoral people, 76
arrival at Yakutsk, _ib._
Siberian wedding, 77
town of Olekma, 78
Irkutsk the capital of eastern Siberia, 79
journey thence to St. Petersburg, 80, &c.
disinterestedness of the Siberians, _ib._
Tomsk, _ib._
Tobolsk, 81.
_Dufrenoy_, MM. and Elie de Beaumont,
their Voyage Metallurgique en Angleterre, notice of, 352, &c. See
_Iron_.
_Dyspepsia_, Method of Curing, by O. Halsted,
reviewed, 233-246.