46 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUARTER

alfo called the Little Port. When viewed from above, it appearsnot unlike a cleft, fo that the mafts of fhips cannot be perceivedat a fhort diftance from the coaft. Sevaftopol is built inparallel ftreets on a declivity, and is divided into quarters byfeveral tranfverfe ftreets. On the extremity of the ifthmus, abuilding, termed Dvoretz, was ere&ed in 1787, for the recep-tion of the Emprefsj next to which are the admiralty-houfe, thearfenal, and the dwellings of naval ofEcers. The higher partsare inhabited by Citizens, and contain the market-place, as wellas the recently built Greek church; befide which, there isanother for the divine fcrvice of perfons belonging to the fleet.The barracks, and hofpitals for failors, together with the maga-zine, are chiefly on the oppofite fide of the little harbour;while the barracks of the garrifon, being at fome diftance fromthe port, at its upper end, are built in the form of a fuburb.Beyond the town, near the Artillery-Bay, are the barracks ofthis military corps, the cuftom-houfe, a few other buildings,and, in the vicinity of the adjacent little bay, is the houfefor performing quarantine.—Laftly, along the fhore of thelarge harbour, we obferved a few country-houfes, or farms,eftablifhed by military ofEcers. The whole length of Akhtiardoes not amount to one verft and a half; and its breadth nowhere exceeds two hundred fathoms. This meafurement,however, does not include the foldiers' barracks, which areere&ed at the diftance of more than four hundred fathomsfrom the upper boundary of the town; nor thofe in anoppofite direction, appropriated to failors; nor the hofpitalsfronting the former, and fituated on the fhore of the fmallhaven.

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