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chap. The latter, for this kindness, inscribed a pillar 
i , — / to him, and this perhaps still remains among 
the antiquities of Kertchy. 
Amrai at We now arrived upon the beautiful Bay of 
Caff a, supposed, but without foundation, to 
have been that of Theodosia. The town 
appeared covering the southern side, rising, 
like a vast theatre, with its numerous mosques 
and minarets, over all the hills inclosing that 
part of the bay. Many vessels were at anchor 
near the place; and, notwithstanding the de- 
struction of buildings by the Russians, it still 
wore an aspect of some importance. In former 
times it had the appellation of “ The Lesser 
Constantinople containing thirty-six thousand 
houses within its walls; and, including the 
suburbs, not less than forty-four thousand. 
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