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Its rivers and
climate.
Imports and
exports.
Extent of
Imiretia.
148 IMIRETIA. [CHAP. VII.
and the Tchildir; besides the river Jorak, or Acampsis, on
the western side, and, more eastward, the river Kur, which
divides it into two unequal portions: that which lies towards
the west still belongs to the Turks, but the remainder, be
tween the right bank and Georgia, was added to Russia by
the treaty of Adrianople. In general the pashalik enjoys a
moderate and healthy climate; it possesses, also, a great
many mineral springs with medicinal properties, besides the
ordinary vegetable productions and animals; the sable and
the tiger are among the latter.
Silk and cotton-stuffs, oil, drugs, trinkets, steel, and tobacco
are imported from Turkey; and untanned skins, iron and
copper vessels, silk and woollen-stuffs, are sent in return. 1
The Russian Sanjaks of Akhltskhai, Atskhver, Asspinz,
Khertvisse, and Akhalkalaki, with the fortress of the latter,
contain 103 villages, in which there are 11,800 Armenians,
in addition to 7200 persons consisting of Kurds, Jews,
Boches (gipsies), Tartars, and Karapapakhs, so called from
their lamb-skin caps. A certain number of Armenians pro
fess the Catholic religion, and the rest the Armenian. The
other inhabitants, including the greater part of the Georgians
are Muhammedans; and the language of the latter is spoken
in all its purity. The capital is divided into two parts, the
old and the new towns, which are separated by the river
Poskho; and the ancient fortress is supposed to have been
constructed by the Georgians in the time of Queen Thamar.
Ihe ca^tal, within and without the fortifications, contains
9460 mixed inhabitants, of the races already mentioned
The tract westward, from Georgia to the shores of the
JBlack hea, acknowledges the supremacy of Russia; but the
our districts, of which it is composed, have preserved their
national rulers. The first of these districts, Imiretia, lies
westward of Georgia, and northward of the preceding pro-
vince Its length from the borders of Akhltskhai, in 41° 30'
i\. latitude, to the main ridge of the Caucasus, in 42° 45'
. latitude, is 42 miles; and its mean width from the sea
Aper^u, &c., Tome IV., pp. 201 to 215.