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fonefus; between the terrific promontory of Aya-Burun,already defcribed, and the prominent corner of a rock calledCeorgiefskoi Muir, or Cape George. From the uppermoft,and uniformly rocky terrace of this prominence, the fhore de-clines with alternate fteep elevations to the level of the fea; fothat the higheft narrow terraces have been adapted to dwell-ings, and thofe in the lower parts have been converted intovineyards. Various trees, and efpecially the black juniper-tree,or Juniperus Lycia, refembling the cyprefs, occafionally growbetween the rocks. The feventh plate will afFord a diftindtview of the fituation of the monaftery, the gardens, and thewhole coaft, being drawn from the fummit of its projedtingcorner; in the vicinity of which a blackifli rock is fituatedwithin the fea. lt is, however, a difficult tafk to delineate,with fufficient perfpeöive accuracy, fuch views as are takenfrom an eminence; but the reader will at leaft be enabled toform an idea of the plan of this convent, which is fartherilluftrated in the fifth Vignette.

We defcended to the monaftery at the interfe&ed part of thefhore, between calcareous ftones refembling oolites; though,on examination, they were found to confift: entirely of minute,incrufted fnails, not unlike grains of millet. In fome places,large free-ftones, fimilar to thofe employed in the ancientftru&ures of the Cherfonefus, had been broken from the rock;and the fame fpecies of foffil feems to have ferved for thebuildings in the vicinity of Admiral Ufhakof's farm. Anantique column, compofed of lime-ftone without any capital, isfhewn to travellers; but it is executed in very accurate propor-tions. It is faid to have been difcovered beyond the convent,

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