38 FROM THE CIRCASSIAN FRONTIER, 
chap, the Apaturus in Sindica mentioned by Strabo', 
n ' . when he couples it with Phanagoria®, but ot 
a temple of Apaturian Venus, belonging to that 
Text of c ity, and noticed also by Strabo i 2 3 . Having thus 
Pliny re- removed one difficulty, in reconciling the places 
conciled. ^ ^ w j th the text Q f t h eS e authors, 
we may perhaps proceed with more facility and 
precision. 
Fortress After leaving Temrook, we journeyed, prin- 
and Hums. in waterj through an extensive morass. 
In the very midst of this are stationed the ruins 
of a considerable fortress, looking like an old 
Roman castle, and said to have belonged to the 
Turks. At the taking of this place, the Russians, 
from their ignorance of the country, lost five 
hundred men. In order to attack an out-post, 
they had a small river to cross ; this they ex- 
pected to pass on ice ; but the Turks had cut the 
ice away, and the water was deep. During the 
deliberation caused by this unexpected embar- 
rassment, the Turks, who were concealed behind 
a small rampart, suddenly opened a brisk fire, 
causing them to leap into the water, where they 
were all shot or drowned. The fortress itself 
(1) Strab. lib. ii. p.722. cd. Oxon. 
(2) “ Mox Stratoclia et Phanagoria, et paenfc desertum Jpaturos." 
Plm. lib. vi. c. 6. 
(3) Slrab. lib. ii. p.723. ed. Oxon. 
