TO THE HERACLEOTIC CHERSONESUS. 
we reached lnherman, some very remarkable 
excavations appeared in the rocks by the side 
of the bay, visible at a considerable distance. 
Upon examination, they proved to be chambers, 
with arched windows, cut in the solid stone 
with marvellous art and labour. The Bishop 
described them as the retreats of Christians in 
the earliest ages of the Church. But to give an 
idea of what we saw at lnherman would baffle 
every power of description. The rocks all 
around the extremity of the harbour are hewn 
into chapels, monasteries, cells, sepulchres, 
and a variety of works which, by their multi- 
plicity and intricacy, astonish and confound the 
beholder. A river flows here into the bay, after 
leaving perhaps the most beautiful valley in 
Europe. At the mouth of this river the most 
remarkable antiquities are situate, the excava- 
tions appearing on both sides. The first caverns 
visible to persons approaching from Aktiar are 
upon the south side: these have been con- 
verted into magazines for gunpowder. It was 
with great difficulty we could prevail upon the 
sentinels to suffer us to enter the caves where 
the ammunition is kept. They seem to have 
constituted an entire subterraneous monastery : 
the rock has been so wonderfully perforated, 
that it now exhibits a church, with several 
chambers, and long passages leading off in 
