CHAPTER IX.

INKERMAN, MANGOUP, AND THE HILLY COUNTRY OF THE CRIMEA.

The Bay of Sevastopol to Inkerman—Aktiar—Inkerman Castle—Its history—Crypts—Fuller’s earth, or natural soap—Tchorgouna—Tchouli, residence of Pallas—Crypts at Karakoba—Mount Aithodor—Mangoup—Description and history—Gothic architecture—Position of Mangoup—Interesting character of surrounding country—The Tchatyr-Dagh and the Yailas 137