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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.5310#0122
VIEW OF THE CAPE AND MONASTERY OF ST. GEORGE.
View of the Cape and Monastery of St. George, built on the ruins of the Temple
of Diana Taurica, situated on the south-west coast of the Crimea, distant about
three hundred and fifty miles from Constantinople. The mountains between Cape
St. George and Balaclava, are composed of a compact calcareous stone, shining in the
interior : they are perpendicular on the side towards the sea, and in parts undermined
at the bases; in others, they appear to have suffered some violent shocks; immense
pieces of the rock have rolled from the top into the sea, where they are seen lying
along the shore; they present likewise beds of the same rock perpendicular, and
there are evident marks of subterraneous fire. Almost every where on the surface is
to be seen clay of a reddish colour, and the stones appear to abound with iron. In
some of the crevices of the rocks are found cubic chrystals of half transparent spath,
and some of a half hexagon shape. In some places is also to be met with a calca-
reous stone dividing like slates, of a gray colour mixed with white, but none of these
stones inclose petrifactions; but shells are found in the cliffs of an argillaceous sub-
stance, even to the summits of the mountains.
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View of the Cape and Monastery of St. George, built on the ruins of the Temple
of Diana Taurica, situated on the south-west coast of the Crimea, distant about
three hundred and fifty miles from Constantinople. The mountains between Cape
St. George and Balaclava, are composed of a compact calcareous stone, shining in the
interior : they are perpendicular on the side towards the sea, and in parts undermined
at the bases; in others, they appear to have suffered some violent shocks; immense
pieces of the rock have rolled from the top into the sea, where they are seen lying
along the shore; they present likewise beds of the same rock perpendicular, and
there are evident marks of subterraneous fire. Almost every where on the surface is
to be seen clay of a reddish colour, and the stones appear to abound with iron. In
some of the crevices of the rocks are found cubic chrystals of half transparent spath,
and some of a half hexagon shape. In some places is also to be met with a calca-
reous stone dividing like slates, of a gray colour mixed with white, but none of these
stones inclose petrifactions; but shells are found in the cliffs of an argillaceous sub-
stance, even to the summits of the mountains.
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