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chap. Some fruit-trees put forth a premature blossom : 
- t — ' j and we found the plains covered with the gaudy 
and beautiful flowers of the autumnal crocus. 
Their bulbs were very deep in the soil : this 
consists of a rich black vegetable earth. The 
Taurican chain of mountains, with the summit 
of Tchetirdagh towering above the rest, appeared 
very conspicuous about the south. Towards 
the north, the whole country exhibited a bound- 
less flat plain, upon which caravans were passing, 
laden with water-melons, cucumbers, cabbages, 
and other vegetables : these, with the exception 
of antient tumuli, were almost the only objects 
we observed. Some of the vehicles were 
drawn by camels, and were principally destined 
for Koslof. We travelled all night: in the 
morning, at sun-rise, we were roused by our 
interpreter, a Greek, who begged we would 
notice an animal, half flying and half running, 
among the herbs. It was a jerboa, the quadruped 
already noticed in a former chapter 1 . We 
Sydyk, or Sadyk, was a Phoenician God, answering to the Grecian Jupiter ; 
and no other than a Satanic Ape, of the sacred name p'lY ( Saddih ), 
attributed to the true God of Israel, as Psalm 119, 137, and else- 
where. Thus, ill two instances of Grecian cities in the Crimea , we 
have appellations derived from the most antient names of the Deity 
among Eastern nations: Ardauda, or EITTAQEOI, a name of Theo- 
dosia; and Sydyk, or Sadyk, preserved in the present appellation, 
Svuak. Hence we may also explain the meaning of the Persian name 
Sadig, or Zadig. 
(1) See p.166 of this Volume. 
