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lie southern parts of the Crimea are covered with stone tumuli and other remnants 
of successive generations of Greeks who had lived there at a very remote period. 
After describing Kertch, a new place, now one of great resort and much frequented 
by shipping, he crossed the straits which divide the sea of Azof from the Black Sea ; 
-=was the Cimmerian Bosphorus, where the ancients placed the entrance to the 
Vernal regions. The general geography of that part of the world had altered much 
uceit was mentioned by the ancient Greek geographers, and there were now no 
l-uishing cities, temples, or monuments. After glancing at some of the ancient 
bditions connected with the localities he had visited, he directed attention to the 
“vntiy lying on the shores of the Black Sffltq tU Wt, v.lm h WM >\ti mdy 
Vaatilul, and rich in vegetation, bearing a strong resemblance to the coast of 
lolabar. The southern shore of the Caucasus was also one of tbo*e favoured 
^nons for the growth of shrubs and plants, and considered extremely fertile. All 
-it country now occupied by the Russians, with the twelve forts, all of which had 
^ f^iloned, except Anapa, those on the lower southern range of the Caucasus, 
' ‘he lower ridges of mountains, as far as Georgia, were inhabited by the people 
'o'vn as the Circassians. After trncing tire differcut raers of the Caucasus, and 
•'Wing tneir origin, the speaker referred to the power of Russia io that country, 
^ ID ^ s ^ e ohIv possessed the ground on which the forts were built, and 
(It r :L CU ' l y * a Stewing sufficient food tn support life. The forts on the 
t-.il all ° i ^ aL 'k ? ea were reserved as a sort of Norfolk Island for the army, 
short n8K ere ^ 03 too quick in the march of progress were sent to finish 
t> «,k^ A r ^ n , ins ^ c ' r existence in that country. Such was the mortality, that 
^seldo be renewed in about five years. Those who went 
mti) t)| P y°^ arne iae k a 6 H,n > and the regiments were not relieved, but left there 
orn oS 3 ,!^L t,C i n i ma( * e by Russia to gain the confidence of the Circa^ians, and 
’frts to theV' 6S l ni bcei1 sen * ; R lere by the Emperor to induce them to become con- 
'hicribinir th.w^ h; ‘t hitherto those attempts had been unsuco-wful. After 
Sour referred tHt Black Sea Cossacks, commencing at Kamarne, Mr. Sey- 
^'ch, he said r • h ' l ' l ' tul T fa that threeticm, more especwkll) the steppes, 
“nato product -1 ntainea a rich loamy soil, only requiring cultivation by the band of 
tofitinnal stall- an , * UXUr .' an k cups. In Circassia the Cossacks were kept in a 
'-ft, and if nnv i ann ljy t ’ lcir enemies the Circassians ; they were always on the 
0l *terial; this L atl ®'. ?r n PP®Wed they placed a torch to some straw of combustible 
'• 4o °0 men t lgnal *»nvcying the intelligence down the line, by which 3000 
lie Cm t i fcUeQmonei1 whcn tllc Circassians were likely to surprise 
.'-‘“"'i avmv in tK n n ° i-jinimiuy on i.ne men, u» save nis lile. The 
JJ°Oa men• but •> .. a V casu 8* whuu he (Mr. Seymour) was there in 18-lG, was 
u,n part being conrSXiw th , em 1 " ere nUva - V9 to thc north of the Caucasus, the 
& concentrated to the left of Stavropol. 
fyyrZmn °f General l ? cvricr in Central Asia , 
//e/ '«w niandtourrflirxc.' Cand(thnr - and "long the course of thc 
round the Luke Sistan. By D. Seymour. 
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jDr. J.w Australian Expedition , from Cant. Citar 
C a if ion. * ' I-ondell, and G. S. Wilson, Geologist to 
^ue^outh^from th^i^ 8 * • ° bservation ' that *ere is a 
Had. Those 0 " Whidi thp re w Vlctor,a river - He crossed. wh™, »h. 
iRLES 
the 
TI great 
He crossed, when there, a 
^Wry \vl Se fl , l>laces were the lowestVndstation, and another plain covered with 
>■••7is «?““•* <» -S. nS.'zf 7" ld r ; “"f ,he e eu ™' -'-I- «f the 
contemnil, ? 1 buiug to the west he „«£ P , ac ^f frer l u ently became covered with 
"“Pl-W expsaitioBToKi.!,^. where did those water, accumulate f 
Perhaps let us know whether there was any 
