[Footnote 64:  In the torture by fire the accused is tied hand and foot; he is then fixed on a long pole, as upon a spit, being held at either end by two men; his bare back is roasted over the fire.  He is then examined and abjured by a writer to confess, and any depositions he may make are taken down.]

[Footnote 65:  Slight skirmish, wherein the advantage remained with Pugatchef.]

[Footnote 66:  Frederick, son of Frederick; name given to Frederick the Great by the Russian soldiery.]

[Footnote 67:  Title of a superior officer.]

[Footnote 68:  Hazard game at cards.]

[Footnote 69:  Diminutive of Emelian.]

[Footnote 70:  Little summer carriage.]

[Footnote 71:  Fedor Poushkin, a noble of high rank, ancestor of the author, was executed on a charge of treason by Petr’ Alexiovitch the Great.]

[Footnote 72:  Leaders of the Russian faction against John Ernest, Duc de Biren, Grand Chamberlain, and favourite of the Tzarina, Anne Ivanofna.  Both were executed in a barbarous manner.]

[Footnote 73:  Anna, daughter of Blaize.]

[Footnote 74:  General Romanoff, distinguished in the wars against the Turks, vanquished them at Larga and Kazoul, 1772.  He died 1796.]