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fometimes even for feveral days, that it completely fills its ftonybed; and its ftream fiows with the noife of a formidabletorrent, fweeping away men, cattle, and carriages, fo as torcnder its paffage extremely dangerous : its water is then unfitfor culinary or domeftic ufe, until the clay, which renders itturbid, has fubfided. To remedy this inconvenience, the in-habitants of the town formerly poffeffed an aqueduft, by meansof which water was conveyed through fubterraneous pipes, toa diftance exceeding three verfts, from a fpring rifing near theweftern heights, over which the road leads to Bakhtfhifarai.Although this neglected work was reftored to its former ufefulftate, in 1795, yet it was foon after deftroyed by the avariciousGypfies, who employ themfelves in carrying frefli water aboutthe town in cafks, fo that it is, at prefent, of no fervice. Hencethe people are compelled to drink the water of the Salgir, orof fome other fprings iffuing from its lower bank; which, how-ever, is flightly impregnated with calcareous matter.

There are but few kinds of fifh frequenting the Salgir.Loach and minnow are the moft common ; and a fmall fpeciesof barbel is the largeft of the finny tribe in this rivulet. Troutare caught only near its fource, and they never approach theenvirons of the town. On the other hand, great numbers ofcraw-fiih are taken in the deeper parts of this ftream, as well asin the furrounding brooks, and they poffefs an exquifite flavour.The calcareous mountains in the neighbourhood of the Salgir,like thofe extending to the rivulet Alma on one fide, and to thebrook Suya towards the eaft on the other, prefent only a whiteor yellowifh iimeftone, mixed with clay, of a moderately hardand porous confiftence. This foffil is fometimes found in a

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