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in which the Tartars feil Bufa, a ftrong liquor, brewed frommillet-feed ; thirteen poueffed by tallow-chandlers, and feven byfculptors.—The number of dwelling-houfes in thistownamountsto 156.1 j and the whole population confifts of 3166 males,and 2610 females. In this calculation are included, 204 Greeksof both fexes, among whom there are fourteen of noble extrac-tion, and forty-two merchants; farther, fifty-one Armenians ;1102 Jews, 420 of whom are regiftered as merchants ; and nearly3000 Tartars, in which number are comprehended twcntynoblemen, 237 merchants, 173 priefts, and feventy-eight ftu-dents of divinity. According to a privilege granted by thelate Emprefs, the Tartars maintain abfolute pofleflion of thistown, of which no Ruffian is allowed to become a citizen.Hence thefe natives, and the Jews, are its moft numerous in-habitants, both being governed by their own magiftrates.

The Khan's palace deferves particular notice. It is fituatedtowards the weftern quarter of the town, on the foutherndeclivity of the valley contiguous to the river; and (as isdiftindily reprefented in the annexed drawing taken from theoppofite North-fide) confifts of various dwellings and officesbuilt without any order, and encompaifing feveral court-yards.We entered the firft court by means of a gate and ftone bridge,eredted over the Dfhuruk-fu, which is here confined by a quay.It contains only a few common habitations; but towards theleft appears the fpacious and beautiful metfhet of the Khan,with its two turrets. Farther on are the fiables; and, on theright, is the Khan's palace, properly fo called, which is embel-lilhed with an additional ftory. In its upper part, this court isenclofed by the walls of an orchard, fituated on a rifing ground

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