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SECOND EXCURSION TO THE 
chap, tending to ascertain the exact position of any 
V11 I ^ one in particular. In the language of the Tauri, 
who were the earliest votaries of the Diana ol 
the country, this goddess was called Orsiloche ; 
and perhaps in the Caucasian mountains, 
whence the Tauri wei'e derived, the significa- 
tion of her most antient appellation might be 
obtained. In the district of Caucasus, Pallas 
' discovered the interpretation of the word 
Ardauda; which, in the dialect of the Tauri, 
was a name of Theodosia ; and he found it to 
signify the Seven-fold Divinity; answering to the 
eiita0EO2 of the anonymous Periplus of the 
Euxine *. 
Aia Bunin . The Aia Bvrvn has been by some authors 
erroneously denominated the Criu-metopon. It 
is a wild and fearful scene, such as Shakspeare 
has described in Lear; a perpendicular and 
tremendous precipice, one of the loftiest in the 
Crimea; consisting of a mountain of marble, 
terminating abruptly in the sea. Towards the 
west it borders upon a valley, where the village 
of Karany is situate, now inhabited by Greeks. 
After we had passed the Cape, and were within 
(l) Nw* Si y.%y\ra.i *j Qtouhoffitt <r» 5 *A Xetvixri tyroi tyi 
Tatupncip S/aA«*T« *A p^eiv2a, <rovrt<rnv EI1TA0EOX. 
Anonymi Periplus , ctl. Gronov . p. 143. Lug. Bat, 1697* 
