TRAVELS IN THE CRIMEA.

ftance they have received the Greek name of NEON TEIXOE, orthe New Wall. At prefent, there ftill remains a ftrong ramparterected by the Turks, and extending from the Black Sea to theSivafh: it is accompanied by a deep trench, which is ftill ingood condition, being defended by double walls built of free-ftone. When it is confidered, that the ftones for eredfcingthefe fortifications could not be obtained from a nearer placethan Saribulatfkoi-Priftan, which is more than fifty verfts dif-tant, the magnitude of the undertaking juftly deferves ouradmiration. The fofie is about twelve fathoms wide, andtwenty-five feet deep; but the height of the rampart hasbeen fomewhat reduced by the effects of time. The wefternline of defence is five verfts and a half in extent from theentrance to the Black Sea; and prefents, on this fide, threebatteries, the ftrongeft of which clofely borders on the fea-fhore.In the Eaftern dire&ion, the diftance is computed to be threeverfts to the ftreight of Sivafh ; and there are only two batterieson this fide, one of which is likewife contiguous to the oppofitefhore. The whole breadth of the ifthmus, being eight verftsand a half, nearly correfponds with the account given byStrabo, who computes it at forty ftadia, about five of whichare equal to one Ruffian verft; and thus affords a new inftanceof the fcrupulous accuracy with which that ancient geographerhas defcribed the Black Sea, the Sea of Azof, and particularlythe peninfula called Crimea.

As the Ruffian word Perekop fignifies an entrenchment ofthe ifthmus, the Tartar name Or-Kapi denotes the gate of theline, or fortification ; indeed, the only entrance into the Crimea,by land, is over a bridge, and through an arched ftone gate,

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