Excerpt from Miscellanea Curiosa, Vol. 3: Containing a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, and Natural Histories of Countries, as They Have Been Delivered in to the Royal Society Eajiern Tartary, Anne 16 8 3, Q9 T he Di/iances of the Place: thro' which we paf fid in the Eaficrn Tartary. X 9' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.