TRAVELS IN THE CRIMEA.

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proceeding frotn this rivulet; and a little lower are two others,one of which is contiguous to the Salgir, and the other isere&ed on a farm belonging to the late Governor Shegulin;which, as well as the village of Bakhtihieli, is only two verftsdiftant from the town. The laft of thefe mills is turned by thelittle brook Bala-Salgir, which receives a ftill fmaller onc,denominated Abdall. In their vicinity, we meet with feveralexcellent orchards, the moft remarkable of which is that be-longing to M. Hochfeld, Counfellor of the College, who hasbeftowed confiderable pains in eftablifhing it, together with adiftillery.

Akmetfhet was, tili lately, the refidence of the Kalga-Sultan;who, in point of rank, was fecond only to the Khan of Crira-Tartary; and who was always chofen from the race of Khansbearing the name of Ghirei. The former refided in a hand-fome palace, fituated above the town, on the left bank of theSalgir; but it was entirely demohflied fhortly after the fub-jugation of the Grimea. The fpot, on which this edifice waseredled, can be afcertained only by a creek of the Salgir, thatcontains the water of a copious fpring rillng at the foot ofa fteep bank, compofed of calcareous rock. Here the Kalga-Sultans formerly kept a few pleafure boats, but the fite of theirpalace is now occupied by breweries.

The Salgir, in general, is paflable in many places by perfonsin boots; being an inconfiderable rivulet that glides over a wideftony bed. When, however, fnow happens to fall, and fud-denly to diffolve on the mountains, or after heavy fhowers ofrain from the higher countries, the Salgir fwells to fuch anextent, for the fpace of twenty-four or thirty-fix hours, and

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