[Footnote26:ThecountryoftheTurks，nowoftheCalmucks，iswelldescribedintheGenealogicalHistory，p。521—562。ThecuriousnotesoftheFrenchtranslatorareenlargedanddigestedinthesecondvolumeoftheEnglishversion。]
[Footnote27:Visdelou，p。141，151。Thefact，thoughitstrictlybelongstoasubordinateandsuccessivetribe，maybeintroducedhere。]
[Footnote28:Procopius，Persic。l。i。c。12，l。ii。c。3。
Peyssonel，ObservationssurlesPeuplesBarbares，p。99，100，definesthedistancebetweenCaffaandtheoldBosphorusatxvi。
longTartarleagues。]