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BY THE ISTHMUS OF PERECOP, 
chap, as they sometimes suffer two or three days 
vm ’ j upon their march, from want of water : the 
Syrian route is therefore generally preferred. 
In their march, they visit Jerusalem, the river 
Jordan, the Dead Sea, and other parts of the 
Holy Land: the Mohammedans entertaining great 
veneration for the memory of Christ, whom 
they regard as a Prophet, although not as the 
Son of God. Persons who have completed 
this pilgrimage are dignified, after their return, 
with the title of Hadji. 
Kana Upon the Isthmus we again observed the 
variabiiis. revolting . appearan ce of the sort of toad ( Rana 
variabilis) before noticed. This leptile swarms 
in all the territory bordering the Sivash, or 
Putrid Sea, to the east of the Peninsula. It 
crawls even to the tops of the lulls, ncai the 
Straits of Taman, and may generally be con- 
sidered as an indication of unwholesome air; 
for, where the air is better than usual in the 
Crimea, this animal is proportionally rare. It 
burrows in the earth, like the jerboa, or the 
rabbit. 
To a person leaving Perecop, as in approaching 
it, the sea is visible upon both sides of the 
Isthmus. A canal might therefore be formed, so 
as to insulate the Crimea, and to render it very 
