280 JOURNEY THROUGH THE INTERIOR OF THE CRIMEA,

by the name of Shungulek, which is feparated from the feaonly by a traft of fandy fhore. The fecond femi-circle beginsin the vicinity of the Kamyfh-burun, which is interfe£tedwith fmall lakes; and it alfo takes a northerly directionabout Yenikale, where it at length combines with the former.On the fouthern fide, between this and the preceding hillycrefcent, we met with a lake called Tfhurabafh. Laftly, thetbird, or innermoft of fuch mountainous girdles, arifes on theleft of the fortrefs, together with the Ak-burun ; defcribesaround the piain of Pantikapaeum, between Kertfh and Yeni-kale, a femi-circle (the direction of which correfponds withthat of the bay); and, with its oppofite extremity, forms thofeheights near the fhore, on which Yenikale itfelf is fituated.The quarantine, above alluded to, lies at a fhort diftance fromthe fea, between the laft and the fecond of thofe ridges.There are two inconfiderable rocky promontories betwixtKertfh and Yenikale: they appear to be parts of a fourthcircular eminence, the progreffive curve of which difappearswith the level country. The furface of all thefe ridges exhibitslime-ftone, which is remarkably foft in the interior circle, beingthroughout compofed of teftaceous fragments; yet, notwith-ftanding its porofity, it is of aharder confiftence in the two othergirdles, where it appears in a manner corroded, and is generallyfilled with the Efchara lapidofa. On account of the numerousprominences on their fummits, and which at a diftance refembleprodigious fepulchral hillocks, the ridges prefent a very un-common appearance ; though their whole elevation, accordingto a menfuration taken on the fpot, does not exceed threehundred feet above the level of the fea. The interior of fuch

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