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The Crimea is between latitudes 44 degrees 28 minutes and 

 46 degrees; and longitudes 32 degrees 33 minutes and 36 degrees 

 22 minutes east. The Isthmus Perecop unites it to the main laud, 

 and is five miles wide. 



INKERMAN. 



Dr. Clarke and Prof. Pallas traveled over this ground, and 

 quote Bronovius, brief account of it, as transcribed, in Latin, by 

 Th nanus. 



Ingermenium arcem satis et magnificam, &c. It was formerly 

 a noble town, its location admirable, fertile, a citadel built by 

 Grecian chiefs, ornamented with Greek inscriptions, splendid 

 buildings, wells and excavations on a great scale, many of which 

 are still sound. Two well paved streets still remain. The air of 

 the place is now bad. If you drink water after eating fruit, a 

 fever follows. If you eat eggs, or milk, or butter, a fever. If 

 you neglect your clothing in the most trivial way during the 

 scorching heat of the day, a fever. If you venture out to enjoy 

 the delightful breezes of the evening, a fever. Russia considers 

 it a cemetery for the troops sent to maintain the possession of it. 

 The climate does not act so upon the native Tartars. On the 

 slightest change of weather they wrap themselves up in sheep 

 skins and thick felts, their heads with numerous bandages of Imen, 

 or they wear warm stuffed caps, fenced with wool. Tertian fevers 

 ai'e caught at Inkerman. 



The principal amusement of a Tarter is taking care of his gar- 

 den. Every dwelling has one. As you approach a village you 

 first behold a tufted grove of trees. Nearer you see cottages, one 

 story high only, with low ilat roofs, under the spreading branches 

 of large trees, the walnut, mulberry, fig, olive, peach, apricot, 

 plum, grape-vine, pomegranate, cherry, or tall, black poplar. 

 These form the most beautiful and fragrant canopies over these 

 cottages that can be imagined. Every cottage has one or more 

 copies of the Koran in it, all written in beautiful characters. 

 Their children are all taught, not only to read, but to write copies 

 of it. 



BALACLAVA. 



Supposed to be from the Italian — Bella-Clava — the beautiful 

 port. The naXaxiov — (Palakion of Strabo) was exactly described 

 by Strabo upwards of 1800 years ago. The port seen from the 

 town looks like a small lake, land-locked by precipitous moun- 

 tains. Ships can hardly enter it, it is so very narrow at the en- 



