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CHAP. 
VI. 
AiVdaoh 
Promon- 
tory. 
SOUTH COAST OF THE CRIMEA. 
day with the master of a Turkish boat, laden 
with timber, and bound to Sudak', for hispassage 
to Alusta. Mr. Cripps, with the rest of the party, 
continued the tour of the coast as before. 
Yourzuf, called Yourzova by the Russians, 
is the Gorzubitai of Procopius. The fortress, 
built by Justinian, still remains, although in 
ruins, upon the high rocks above the beautiful 
little bay of the town. As soon as the vessel 
had cleared the Bay of Yourzuf, an immense 
promontory appeared towards the east: this it 
■was necessary to double; and, having so done, 
we discerned the whole coast eastward as far 
as Sudak*: our mariners pointed to the place, 
as then within view, although barely visible. 
The lofty promontory we had passed is called, 
by the Tahtars, Ai’vdagh, or Holy Mountain s . 
Mr. Cripps' s route along the shore led him 
directly over it : he observed upon the summit 
the remains of an antient monastery : this may 
(1) See the Extract from Mr. Heber’s MS. Journal, in p. 127 of this 
volume. 
(2) The original name of this place seems preserv ed in the Periptus 
of Scylajc Caryandensis, in the word KTAAIA. Vid. p. 7 1. e >l- Granov. 
Bat. 1697. Vossius reads KTTAIA. 
(3) Mr. Heber, in Note (5), affords a different interpretation to this 
name. The author is induced to consider the epithet AI, AIA, or 
AIOCJ, as used to denote sanctity. Hence the appellation AI- or AGIA- 
BVRVN ; as, among the Modern Greeks, AI ION-oroX is a name 
given to Mount Athos. 
