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formed a promontory, or towering bulwark in eu/vi’. 
the midst of the waves, its summit has been > - ^ 
almost invariably covered by some antient 
fortress ; the ruins of which still remain, in 
places almost inaccessible. These works are 
principally attributed to the Genoese ; although 
some of them be of Grecian origin. The har- 
dihood and the enterprise visible in their con- 
struction cannot fail to astonish the traveller, 
as there seems to be no precipice too lofty or 
too dangerous for the people by whom they 
Were erected. 
On Wednesday , August the sixth, we left other vn- 
Aloupka. After journeying in groves, where 
mulberry-trees, shading our road, presented 
the largest and most delicious fruit, we arrived 
at the village of Musghor. Here we found a 
few Greeks, established as part of a cordon 
guarding the southern part of the Peninsula : 
they were busied distilling brandy from mul- 
berries, a weak but palatable spirit, clear 
as water. The scenery, rather improved in 
beauty, became yet bolder than before, as 
we drew near to a place called Deryheuy, 
inhabited by a small Greeh colony, close to 
the shore. We found the people employed in 
shipping timber of bad quality for Sudak, and 
for other ports lying eastward. Upon the 
