TO THE CAPITAL OF THE CRIMEA. 
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mounted upon their fleet coursers, and attended 
by their chosen bands in the savage dresses of 
the country, held their conference in this aerial 
solitude. 
Karasubazar has not suffered so much as Karasu- 
■ . bazar. 
other towns of the Crimea since its conquest 
by the Russians ; yet it exhibits many ruins, as 
the sad memorials of their dominion: these, 
with a long street of shops, are perhaps all 
that a traveller would notice. The Tahtar 
coemeteries have been divested of tomb-stones, 
to constitute materials for building; although 
the country affords most excellent limestone, 
which might be removed from the quarries with 
almost as little trouble as the destruction of the 
grave-stones occasions to the Russians. Many 
of the houses are built with unbaked bricks, 
which, after being formed in a mould, have been 
hardened merely by exposure to the sun and 
air. In this manner the antient Grecians some- 
times fabricated earthen vessels, when they 
wished to present offerings of the purest clay 
in the temples of their Gods 3 . The commo- 
dities of the Crimea are said to be purchased at 
a cheaper rate in Karasubazar than in any other 
CHAP. 
IV. 
(3) Appendix tii Greek Marbles, p. 71. 
