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94 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUARTER, &c.

as fome of the latter are filled with a red bole and vitriolicearth. Among the different fprings ifluing from the fteep (höre,there is one impregnated with iron.

Since my firft vifit to this monaftery, when there ftoodonly a wooden crofs on the lofty coaft, and the travellerwas agreeably furprized with the fudden profpect that appearedbefore him on the way leading to the convent, a chapel hasbeen erected to the memory of a Greek, who is there interred.General, now Count, Kachoffky, has alfo caufed a large quan-tity of prodigious free-ftones, taken from the ruins of theancient Cherfonefus, to be conveyed hither, with a view toerect a fimilar chapel to the memory of his confort, who islikewife buried in this place j but the Count has not carried hisdefign into execution.

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