THE SOUTH-EASTERN MOUNTAINS OF THE CRIMEA.

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from the deep hollows that interfecl: the coaft, as well as fromthe fhore itfelf: at prefent, however, they were in a dry ftate,and had depofited a confiderable quanrity of Epfom fait; wfiich,having parted with its water of cryftallization,was fince oonvertedinto powder. Directly in front of Kapfokhor, there appears abulky ridge of fand-flone, bordering on the fea, in ftratadifpofed above each other; being from three and a half to fourand a half feet in thicknefs; extending Eaft-fouth-eaft, andabruptly terminating towards the North-eaft j though thewhole mafs is cleft fo as to exhibit numberlefs oblique andtranfverfe fiffures.

The fertile Valley of Kapfokhor* is encompaffed by hüls,and delightfully fituated at the diftance of one verft and a halffrom the fhore; opening towards the bay, which forms thecoaft between the promontory of Tfhoban-Kalee, and theadvanced mountains feparating this place from Kutlak. Al-though it abounds with gardens and vineyards, yet the wine hereproduced is of inferior quallty; becaufe no attention is paid tofelecting and planting the beft forts af vines. The bay abovealluded to is, however, one of the rnoft favourable to thebufinefs of fifhing, as there are no rocks to impede the progrefsof the nets.—The rrvulet Shelen (on the banks of which lies avillage of the fame name, in a high fituation, about nine verftsfrom the coaft) difcharges itfelf into the fea, near Kapfokhor.The wealthy Tartars of the latter place poflefs fine tracls ofmanured and irrigated fields, extending below the lofty fea-fhore, where they rear both flax and cucumbers. Thefe, aswell as other productions, are carried to the market of Karaf-

* Kapfvlhor is a Greek word, fignlfying a place deftroyed by fire.

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