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At the distance of about two miles from Bala- V 'vn*’ 
clava, as we proceeded to that place, we disco- J 
vered the traces of an antient wall, extending WaU - 
from the mountains eastward of the harbour 
towards the west, and thus closing the approach 
to Balaclava on the land side. As this wall 
offered a clue to the discovery of the other, 
mentioned by Strabo, which extended across 
the Isthmus, from the Ctenus to the Portus Symbo- 
lorum, we determined to pursue it ; and we con- 
tinued on horseback, guided by its remains ; 
Professor Pallas choosing to follow more care- 
fully on foot, with a mariner’s compass in his 
hand. Presently we encountered the identical 
work we so much wished to find : it will serve 
to throw considerable light upon the topography 
of the Minor Peninsula. It meets the wall of 
the Portus Symbolorum at right angles, and 
thence extends towards Inkerman, where it 
joined the Ctenus. We traced it the whole way. 
The distance between the two ports is very 
erroneously stated, and it is exaggerated in all 
our maps. It agrees precisely with Strabos 
admeasurement of forty stadia, or five miles, from 
sea to sea. All that now remains of this wall, 
is a bank or mound : upon this the marks and 
vestiges of turrets are still visible. The stones 
of which it consisted, have, for the most part, 
been removed by the inhabitants ; either to form 
