Provincial Russia . appearance from a distance of the whiteregular walls. The fine valley between it andDemirdji is one of the vital points in the peninsula,and through it runs the excellent carriage roadbetween Simferopol and Alushta. Beyond thehttle fishing village of Tuak the hills are muchlower, and split up into several chains and separategroups. At Feodosia the main chain ceasesaltogether. From that point to the middle of theKertch peninsula stretches level steppe, and there,again, low hills run eastward, which geologicallybelong still more closely to the Caucasus. These ranges throughou
Provincial Russia . appearance from a distance of the whiteregular walls. The fine valley between it andDemirdji is one of the vital points in the peninsula,and through it runs the excellent carriage roadbetween Simferopol and Alushta. Beyond thehttle fishing village of Tuak the hills are muchlower, and split up into several chains and separategroups. At Feodosia the main chain ceasesaltogether. From that point to the middle of theKertch peninsula stretches level steppe, and there,again, low hills run eastward, which geologicallybelong still more closely to the Caucasus. These ranges throughout their whole extent arerich in admirable scenery, but much of it remainsunappreciated, for the fair weather Yalta touristsare the last persons in the world to stray from thebridle paths. There are countless narrow gorgeswith festoons of water plants, cold, clear, hurryingstreams, waterfalls shrouded in spray, stalactitecaves and deep ravines, with precipitous wallswhiter than the snow which lingers in them late in. THE CRIMEA 161 summer. In the delightful valleys of the Alma,Belbek, Tchornaya, and Salghn% yellow cornfieldsalternate with dark green woods of beeches andwalnuts, and here and there frowning bluffs of cliffjut out boldly from the grassy ridges. Theirromantic glens contain the finest gardens of theCrimea, for there is no sharp break with thesteppes northward, and hence both northern andsouthern floras are found in great variety andabundance. For the most part the hills arewooded. Oaks, pines, beeches, and cypresses growin profusion on the lower slopes, and the higherare clothed with maples, ashes, elms, and beech woods particularly are thick and close,with frequent clumps of giants, each one of whichis more than fifteen feet in circumference. Butjust as in the Urals, the Crimean forests, howeverpicturesque their great masses of colour appearfrom a distance, oppress the traveller actuallypassing through them with their silence and lifelessmonotony. Save for
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