CHAPTER XII.

BALACLAVA AND VALLEY OF BAIDAR.

Balaclava—Karl Ritter’s views of the importance of the Black Sea in very early times—Homer’s account of Balaclava—The Cembalo of the Genoese—Tatar occupation of it—Arnaouts—Tchorgouna—Mackenzie’s Farm—Valley of Baidar—Manners of the Tatars—Woronzof road 182