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have stood upon the site of one of those tem- chap. 
pies formerly dedicated to the Taurican Diana ; v. 
as the village, to which he descended imme- 
diately afterwards, still retains, in the name 
Partenak, or Parthenit, an evident etymology of PaTthmit. 
Parthexium. A few years ago, four columns, 
two of green and two others of white marble, 
were found lying upon the site of that monastery, 
and among its ruins 4 . Prince Potemkin re- 
moved two of them, to decorate a church then 
building in or near Cherson. When Mr. Cripps 
arrived, he found only one column remaining, of 
white marble, near twelve feet in length, and 
eighteen inches in diameter. Stretching out 
somewhat farther from the shore, we obtained 
a fine view, east and west, of the whole coast 
of the Crimea, from the Criu-metopon to Sudak. 
Mr. Cripps, being then upon the heights, en- 
joyed a prospect still more extensive, and beheld 
our little bark, like a speck upon the waves. 
He halted during the heat of the day, according 
to the custom usually observed among the 
Tahtars in travelling, at a place called Lambat, 
the Pampas 5 of the Antients ; and in the evening. 
(4) The monastery was dedicated to St. Constantine and St. Helen. 
See Pallas's Travels, vol. II. p. 179. 
( s ) “ Lambat is situate amidst some of the grandest scenery in 
the Crimea ; having Chatyr Dag on the right, and in front a beautiful 
promontory called Ayoudagb, or Bear Hill: this is connected with the 
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