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SOUTH COAST OF THE CRIMEA. 
chap, beach were some hulks of Turkish vessels, quite 
1 — rotten ; yet in such frail barks do they venture 
across the Black Sea to Constantinople ; although, 
as our interpreter observed, “ it would be 
indiscreet to risk even a letter by such con- 
veyance.” Their appearance convinced us that 
the frequent shipwrecks in the Black Sea are 
owing, in great measure, to the wretched con- 
dition of the Turkish vessels. 
Country If there exist upon earth a terrestrial para- 
between ... 1 r 
Kutchuc - dise, it is to be found in the district intervening 
hoy and r a a 
Sudak. between Kutchuckoy and Sudak, along the south 
coast of the Crimea ‘. Protected by encircling 
Alps from every cold and blighting wind, and 
only open to those breezes which are wafted from 
the south, the inhabitants enjoy every advantage 
ol climate and of situation. Continual streams of 
(0 “ Kutchuk-M is a village mi the most southern point of the 
Crimea; and is so called to distinguish it from another A Vi, Deryk-koi , 
which stands on the hill above Hiulta. Near Deryk-koi is the fountain 
represented in my drawing ; it lies in the highway between Nikita 
Bflrftn and Deryk-koi. Ilialt.a, a miserable village of Greeks, with a 
small Greek church, lies to the left ; and beyond Deryk-koi, in the 
way which branches off to Baklchescrai, is a village of Russians, 
belonging, I believe, to Admiral Mordviuof. — Above Kutehuk-koi, 
the rocks become much more perpendicular and naked ; and if this 
be the Criu-metopon, the name may have been derived from their high 
and bold forehead. It is evident from Strabo, that this famous pro- 
montory was east ward of the 'Snjy.fioXw Xtptjy, which I suppose is Bala- 
clava ; and therefore we have only Rutchuk-koi and Ayoudagh to 
choose between.’* Jibber's J\JS. Journal. 
