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EUSSIA IN EUROPE. 



1864. But since the opening of the railway connecting it with the mainhmd 

 Sebastopol has risen from its ruins ; quays and tramways line the bay, huge 

 p-ranaries rise above the port, a monumental terminus stands on a former redoubt, 

 and the "Malakof " and the " Eedan " have been transformed into public prome- 

 nades. It still remains a formidable stronghold, but the progress of artillery 

 has caused a change in the position of its defences. Eedoubts now line the 

 southern plateaux, and Khersonesus Point bristles with batteries commanding 



Fig. 238.— The Yalta Coast. 

 Scale 1 : 200,000. 





I)e()th in Fathoms 



Under 27. 



55 and beyond. 



the approaches to the roadstead. The rock of Inkennnnn, the ancient Calamita, 

 rising east of the town beyond the marshy valley of the Chernaya, has been 

 converted into a vast quarry, which threatens with destruction the old troglodyte 

 town, whose galleries form a perfect labyrinth in the interior of the hill. Some of 

 these chambers are large enough to contain 500 people. 



The well-kei^t road following the southern cliffs east of Balaklava is fringed 

 with pleasant villas, delightfully situated in the midst of lovely scenery, ;ind 



