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questioned about the tribe of the Turcoman ni, c VI j,.' 
now called Turhnen, and Truckmenzi, by the ' < ' 
Tahtars, he described them as a race of very 
rich nomades, still numerous in the steppes near 
Astrachan ; remarkable for great personal beauty, 
as well as for their patient endurance of the 
unjust taxes and heavy exactions required of, 
them by the neighbouring Governors. 
The Equinox brought with it a series of Departure 
tempestuous weather, which continued until jkLtck,-t. 
the tenth nf October. Upon this day the violence 
of the wind abated ; and a second summer 
ensuing, we took a final leave of our friends, 
quitting, for ever, their hospitable society. 
Professor Pallas set out for his vineyards at 
Sudak*, and we took our route across the 
steppes, towards Perecop. The late storms had 
destroyed even the small produce of the vines, 
upon the coast, which the locusts had spared. 
(2) Antiently lUetytos, Sogdaia, Sudagra , and Sugdaut, This city 
rose to such celebrity by its commerce, that all the Greek possessions 
hi the Crimea were called Sugdauia. (Storch. tnm. I. p. 172.) It had 
a triple fortress ; and it is noticed by Broniovius and by Thvanus. ( See 
Gie Additional Notes at. the e?id of this Volume .) A curious etymology of 
this word, as it is now pronounced (Sudak), occurs in Gale's Court of 
the Gentiles , //. ii. c. 7. P- 200. O.ron, 1669 It is founded upon an 
extract from Eusebius, Prirpar. hb. i. 'ExTt too Ai'oexavpu *» Kufiupot 
' ‘ From Sydyk sprang the Dioscuri or Cabiri.* “ We find the like,** 
continues the learned Gale, “ mentioned by Damascius in Photius: 
'ZccZukoi yxp iytysvro ovf Aioffxovpiui ippivosoei xec) Kafiupoo ; — ‘ Sadi/k 
begat children , which they interpret Dioscuri and Cabiri .’ ” First, 
X 2 Sydyk, 
