C. 5»       C0M3££*tCE OF THE BLACK SEA.        34*
 warehouffs and other building! during
 r#r j ^id is efteemed fqpr the feliibrity of
 The fortrefi of Patraffk; which fentds
 the mouth of the Brod&* wd 6ommand$ the
 ftc^tiers, iras alfo er^ed during the
late war. It is advantageoufly fituated, as form-
ipg a direft communication with the haven$ of
Crim Tartairy, ^nd mighty ^afily be
ifiore fecure than that of Tagatiroc, from
p^ripr depth of water. By the poffeflion of .thefe
fortreffes, }:he Ba^igation of thei Sea of Azof U
perfe6lly fepured* The ^rpntiera of this ceded
territory, to the weft of that Sea, aaregtia^iled by
a chain of^mail forts, extending ftom Fetrof^
to the Pnicper;                                               %
% The fortreffes of Kertfch and Yenikal^
fituated ^n the .eaftern coafts of Crim Tartitry,
and near the northern entrance of the fkaits
of C^ffa, arc of the greateft importance, by com*
ing the palfege whjich form# the commani**
^       between the Sea of Azof and the Euxina
,3. Kinbuxn is the only |>ort poffefled by thd
Ruffians oxt the coafts qf the Black Sea; it
Jft^nd^clofe |o the frontiers, at J^e mouth of «the
Dnieper, oppofitf tlie T«rk^|h fmtrefs Otchakof,
which being a plaice of fuperior ftrength, muft,
% while it continues in the hand^of the Turks,
 in cafoof a mptur%!thenaTigation>of
 #as intended for the
principal