CHAP. II. 
JOURNEY ALONG THE FRONTIER OF CIRCASSIA, 
TO THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS. 
Quarantine — Second Excursion into Circassia — Departure 
from Ekaterinedara — Produce of the Land — Division 
of the River — Mosquitoes — General Appearance of the 
Circassian Territory — Watch-Towers — Cimmerian 
Bosporus — Temrook — Text of Strabo and Pliny 
reconciled — Fortress and Ruins — Sienna — Remarkable 
Tomb — Antiquity of Arches — Milesian Gold Bracelet — 
Origin of Temples — Ceope — Fortress of Taman — 
Taman — Ruins of Phanagoria — Tmutaracan — Amphi- 
theatre — Other Remains — Prekla Volcano — Inscriptions 
at Taman. 
I n the commerce carried on between the 
Circassians and the Tchernomorski, a sort of qua- 
rantine is observed, trivial in its nature, and 
negligently guarded. The exchange of corn, 
honey, mats, wood, and arms, for the salt of 
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Quaran- 
tine. 
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