274 
SECOND EXCURSION TO THE 
— Alexiano's Chouter — Point and Bay of Plianari — 
Ruins of the old Chereonesus of Strabo — Valley of 
Tchorgona — Danger of the Climate — Tahtar Nobles 
— Russian Recruit — Salvia Hablitziana — Return to 
Akmetchet. 
c vn P ’ As we had not been able to ascertain the situ- 
’ — * — ' ation of the most antient of the two cities of 
the Chersonesians, described by Strabo as in ruins 
within the He'racleotic Peninsula, and as Pro- 
fessor Pallas maintained that it must have stood 
upon, or near to, the point of land forming 
the most western territory of the Crimea, now 
called Point Phanari, we determined to make a 
second excursion, and to traverse the Minor 
Professor Peninsula in every direction. The Professor 
Pallas ac- . 
companies himself resolved to accompany usi accordingly, 
the Author. ... , , 
we left Akmetchet', in a light, open carnage 
belonging to him, on Saturday, September the 
seventh. Passing through a deep ravine, we 
collected several specimens of the Salvia Ha- 
blitziana, and the Centauria myriocephala : the 
latter, a favourite food of the Crimean sheep, 
is supposed to give that beautiful grey colour 
(1) f< Akmetchet, or TVhita Mosque, now Simpheropol , although the 
seat of Government, is a wretched and ruinous place, formerly exten- 
sive; as appears from its three mosques, which stand at a considerable 
distance from each other. There is here & good view of the moun- 
tain Chatyr Dag.” Hcber's MS. Journal . 
