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been accumulated, fo as to refemble a high cliff. That fuchtower has been fubfervient to the purpofe of a light-houfe, isevident from the name of Fanary, fignifying a Iantern or light;and which has been given both to the whole Cape and to theBay. If the navigation of the Black Sea fhould become moreconfiderable, it would be ufeful to ereft and fupport in thisplace, or rather on a more elevated fpot of the adjacent country,another refpeöable light-houfe; with a view to prevent fhip-wrecks during dark nights.

From the farm of Alexiano, which is alfo called NovayaZembldy in a right line over the bay, the diftance to Sevaftopolis computed to be twelve verfts; about eight to the eftate ofAdmiral Ufhakof (lying in a beautiful central valley of theCherfonefus, and being amply provided with fpring-water);and ten verfts to the monaftery of St. George. After meafuringthe diagonal line from the fecond creek and the falt-lake to thelight-houfe, I found it to be one thoufand fathoms, or two verftsin length.

The next objecl: of my defcription will be the remains ofantiquity, occurring as well in the vicinity of Akhtiar, as onthe road thence to the monaftery of St. George, and to Balak-lava. A few others, that are fcattered about the middle of theCherfonefus, and whatever may appear to me remarkable in theenvirons of Kafatzkaya, Kruglaya, and Streletzkaya Bukhta,I fhall delay to inveftigate and defcribe, tili a future oppor-tunity aftords me more leiftire than I enjoy at prefent.

In the neigbourhood of Akhtiar, at a diftance of fcarcely twoverfts, near the weftern fide of the Quarantine Bay, we beheld thedifperfed ruins of the late city of Cherronefus, which flourifhed

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