The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

SEBASTOPOL. 449The famous siege of Seba&topol bus made us familiar with the form of itshay, a marine inlet in the limestone cliffs, with lateral branches continued castwardsby a depression in the land, which is commanded by the nearly verticalheights of Inkermann.With a mean breadth of over half a mile, and penetratingnearly o miles inland, the bay admits of easy defence, owing to the narrowness of itsFig. 237.— South-west Point of the Cklmea.Scale 1 : 475,000.M" 30EcfIDepth in Fathoms.110 and beycnrl.entrance and the steep hills overlooking it. During the siege the various quartersof the town on the south side of the bay were encircled by a girdle of forts andoutworks, while above the northern shore rose the bastions of the great citadel.After the war nothing remained of the town but a mass of ruins surrounded bygraveyards, and the population was reduced from 40,000, in 1850, to 6,000 in