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C A F F A. 
CHAP. 
IV. 
Distribu- 
tion of the 
town. 
The distribution of the buildings in Caff'a may 
be accurately ascertained. Upon the southern 
side stood the Genoese citadel: the walls still 
remain, and the traces of its streets within the 
inclosure are visible. There are also numerous 
subterraneous chambers and spacious magazines, 
of the most massive and gigantic style of archi- 
tecture. Several inscriptions remain in the 
walls : these, from their elevated situation, have 
hitherto escaped injury. The rest of the in- 
closure exhibits a promiscuous heap of ruins. 
The opposite side of the city was the residence 
of the Tahtars: this part is now inhabited. 
Centrally situated between the two, and some- 
what elevated upon the hills above them, stood 
a portion of the city, once inhabited by Arme- 
nians : it is a scene of ruins, like the quarter 
possessed by the Genoese. If Theodosia ever 
stood upon the site of the present town of 
Cajfa, it must have covered the ground since 
tenanted by Armenian and Tahtar establish- 
ments, and have occupied all the shore towards 
the north-east ; but from all that our subsequent 
observations have enabled us to determine, we 
have been convinced that Theodosia and Caff'a 
did not stand upon the same spot '. 
(i) Since the publication of the First Edition of this Volume, the 
author has been induced to believe, by a passage iu the “ Excerpt a 
6 Michahmis Utuani Fragment™ dc Moribus Tartarorum,” given in a 
subsequent 
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