220 JOURNEY OVER THE TSHATYRDAG, AND THROUGH

which circumftance I fhall have occafion to fpeak in thefequel.

Each of the principal hüls, before enumerated, defervesfeparate notice, on account of their individual peculiarities.—Of the whole chain, Mount Kufhkaya is the firft that becomescovered with moift clouds wafted from the fea, and whichfrequently arife during ferene fummer days, but more com-monly in the fpring and autumn: they alfo fpeedily envelopethe fummit of the Pertfhamkaya. When thefe vapours fettlearound the eaftern lofty hill Golaya, and defcend into theValley, they are in fuch cafe moftly fucceeded by rain.

The grey calcareous rock, fupporting the fortrefs of Sudagh,

and compofing the Kufhkaya, is of the fame nature as that of

Mount Altfhak-kaya, which is ütuated on the eaftern frde of

the Valley. Its thick ftrata are generally bent, according to

the fhape of the hillj like the fhells of an onion, though

rather hollow one above another; and confift of a hard, but

fiflured grey rock, which aftords excellent lime. They occa-

fionally contain detached fpecimens of large madreporites and

milleporites, in a very changed ftate; fometimes alfo entro-

chites, but no veftiges of marine animals. Contiguous to one

of fuch madreporites, I found particles of a black petrified

charcoal. In a few places within this mineral, there appear to

large and fmall cavities, fome of which are difcernible on the

furface; for inftance, I took particular notice of fuch a hole

within a rock, delineated in the fixth vignette, together with

the Greek church and tower there ere£ted. This hill is

fituated between the fortrefs of Sudagh and the mountains

rifing towards Kufh-kaya. Numerous fmall interftices between

the