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SOUTH COAST OF THE CRIMEA. 
CHAP. 
VI. 
a little before sun-set, he arrived at Alusta, as 
our boatmen were anchoring near the shore. 
Tchetir - 
dagh, or 
Mon s Tra • 
pcxus. 
From this place we had a fine view of the 
mountain called Tchetirdagh, the Trapezus of 
Strabo, whose lofty summit appeared above a 
range of clouds, veiling all the lower part. Its 
perpendicular height does not exceed thirteen 
hundred feet 1 ; but it rises so rapidly from the 
coast about Jlusta, that its seeming elevation is 
much greater. Almost the whole of the Crimea 
may be seen from its summit in clear weather. 
The Tahlars affirm, that a great portion of the 
steppes beyond the Isthmus of Perecop may be 
• 
range of Chatyr l)ag, by a rocky isthmus, covered with wood, and is 
itself peninsular ; resembling, though on a grander scale, Ormc’s 
Head in Caernarvonshire. At the foot of the isthmus, in a beautiful 
wood of walnut-trees, stands Partcnak, a village with a good harbour 
for small vessels, formed by a high rocky island. Here we found an old 
Tahtar, who was in great practice as a boat-builder ; and had, with his 
own hands, and the assistance of his two sons, just finished a beautiful 
schooner of thirty tons, for a merchant at Caffa. The usual vessels of 
the country arc like the Turkish, with lateeu sails, and high prows and 
poops, very much curved. I was so much struck with Ayoudagh, that 
I could not help fancyiug that it was the Criil-metopon of Strabo. A 
steep and narrow path leads over the neck of the mountain from 
Partcnak. From the summit we saw, as we fancied, and as the 
Tahtars assured us, the whole way from Kutcbuk-ko'i to the Bosphorus. 
The people of Lambat complained that they were not allowed to cut 
down nor sell their timber, 1 never could learn the reason of this 
restriction. In the neighbourhood of Aktiar not even a shrub had 
been left for miles.” Heber's MS. Journal. 
(l) Pallas states it as about 1200. See Travels, vol. II. p. 193. 
