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FROM THE CIMMERIAN BOSPORUS, 
ciiap. as load as he can bawl, in a drawling tone, the 
. ; well-known invocation, “ God is God, and 
Mohammed is his Prophet!” The dress of the 
Tahtars, particularly among the higher ranks ol 
the men, is plain and simple : it preserves the 
Oriental form, but without that contrast and 
variety of colour which gives such splendor to 
the habits of the Turks, the Poles, and the 
Tchemomorski Cossacks. A Tahlar Prince usually 
appears in a habit of light drab cloth, with a cap 
of grey wool, and in yellow or drab-coloured 
boots. Perhaps the costume was more magni- 
ficent under the government of the Khans. 
Vallum of In the last stage from Kertcliy to Caff a, we 
Asandeb. p agse< j t j ie third, that is to say, the outer vallum 
or boundary of the Bosporians : this separated 
their peninsula from the country of the Tauri. 
Its remains, as well as those of the towers 
placed upon it, were very visible. This wall 
extends from the Sea of Azof, beginning east- 
ward of a place now called Arahat, to the 
mountains behind Caffa: it is mentioned by 
Strabo, who states, from Hypsicrates, that it 
was constructed by Asander, three hundred 
and sixty stadia in length, having at every 
stadium a turret'. The description agrees with 
(l) Strab. lib. vii. |). 450. edit. Oxon. 1807* 
