CHAPTER VI.

SEVASTOPOL.

Road to Sevastopol from Baktchéserai—Conquest and foundation of Sevastopol in 1783-84—Description of town and fortress—“The Dvoretz”—Engineer buildings—Fort Alexander and Fort Constantine—South Bay—The Hulks—Bay of Vessels, now the Docks—Description of the barracks—Hospitals, Slobodes—Colonel Upton and anecdotes of Russian workmen—Sevastopol in 1834—Reservoir of Sevastopol—Sievarna fort—The citadel—Observations of Sir Howard Douglas on the siege—Military stores—Arsenals of Russia—Manufactories of fire-arms—Cannon foundries—Stores come to Sevastopol by the Don and the Azof—The road by the Arabate and Perecop—Fortifying of Cape Kazantip—Undefended state of Kertch up to May last—Public gardens—Haxthausen on the object of Sevastopol and the Black Sea Fleet—Chopin on the Anglo-French alliance—Conclusion 61