Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . anddestroyed him, but the sacred relics were leftunscathed by the lightnings blaze ! The learned and well informed of our partyconcurred in the opinion that Pitzounda musthave been the site of the ancient Pythus, usuallycalled the Grand Pythus; and also that it formed 294 VOYAGE ROUND THE BLACK SEA. the frontier of the Byzantine empire on this sideof Asia. It is also said, that the inhabitants aremore assimilated to European usages in theirmanners,
Travels in Circassia, Krim-tartary, &c: including a steam voyage down the Danube, from Vienna to Constantinople, and round the Black sea, in 1836 . anddestroyed him, but the sacred relics were leftunscathed by the lightnings blaze ! The learned and well informed of our partyconcurred in the opinion that Pitzounda musthave been the site of the ancient Pythus, usuallycalled the Grand Pythus; and also that it formed 294 VOYAGE ROUND THE BLACK SEA. the frontier of the Byzantine empire on this sideof Asia. It is also said, that the inhabitants aremore assimilated to European usages in theirmanners, less ferocious in their dispositions, andless tenacious of their independence than anyother of the tribes of the Caucasus. The distance between Pitzounda and Souchom-Kale is computed to be about thirty miles. Inconsequence of the great heat of the weather, weperformed this voyage by night: consequentlymy descriptive powers must lie in abeyance,which probably you will not very much , from the faint outline I was able toperceive, the scenery continued mountainous, andwe arrived at our destination about four oclockin the VIEW OF THB BAY OF SOUCHOM-KALE. LETTER XXIX. DESTRUCTION OP SOUCHOM-KALE BY THE RUSSIANS DAN-GERS TO THE GARRISON FROM THE CLIMATE AND THE ENMITY OF THE NATIVES VOYAGE TO REDOUT-KALE IS- KURIA AND ANAKRIA PROVINCE OF MINGRELIA CHANGED ASPECT OF THE COUNTRY INTERMINABLE FORESTS A STORM DANGER OF PASSING THE BAR KHOPI EXCUR-SION UP THE RIVER LANDING AT REDOUT-KALE DESO-LATE ASPECT OF THE TOWN. Souchom-Kale, like Pitzounda, is interestingfor its historical reminiscences, most antiquariansagreeing that it is built upon, or near the site ofthe famous Dioscurias, which also bore the nameof Sevastopol. This opinion receives addi-tional confirmation from the remains of the forti- 296 VOYAGE ROUND THE BLACK SEA. fications and other ruins in the neighbourhood. Itis now, however, a miserable place, and one ofthe most injurious to the health of the R
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