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TELiv AND ITS DISTRICTS.
[CHAP. VII.
peasants are miserable cabins, without either windows or
chimnies,
Town of Teiav. The principal town, Telav, is situated on the lower parts
of the mountains, and it contains an old castle, three forts,
two Armenian and two Greek churches, in addition to the
public buildings belonging to the government functionaries.
Tuchi district. Towards the crests of the Caucasus are three small moun
tain districts, which are dependencies of Telav. The first
of these, called Tuchi, is about 17 miles square, and com
prises the communities of Sove, Tchaghli, Periketel, and
Ghometserb ; it has the Kistes on its northern borders, the
Didajens on the east; on the west the Pehavians, and on the
south the Kakh^tians. The villages in the mountains are
well built, and they have been bravely defended against the
Lezgi and other tribes. Grain is cultivated, but the crops
are often lost from the coldness of the region.
Pehavi district. The Pehavians are surrounded on all sides by mountains,
which serve as intrenchments. To the north their limits are
snow-clad, and the rapid river Araghva flows on the side of
the Khersourians. The district contains thirteen villages,
with a population of 3698 souls, and it can furnish 700 armed
men. But the people are more peaceably inclined, and are
not so brave as their neighbours the Tuchians. Their
domestic animals are very numerous.
The Khersourians are situated on the crests of the
Caucasus, and are surrounded by the Ghoudmakars, the
Kistes, Boghasser, and Didajens. They are in a half savage
state, and less peaceable than the Pehavians, or even the
Tuchians; their favourite occupations being pillage or theft.
There are 29 villages and 2670 inhabitants, who are in a
constant state of hostility with the Kistes. 1
Kartelinia extends from Kakhetia to Imiretia and the pro
vinces of the Akhltskhai; and northward, from the Bort-
chalin and Tiflis district to the territories of Gora and
Ossetia. It contains two districts, Duchet on the eastern
side, and Goria towards the west; it has a superficies of about
Character of
the KherSou-
rians.
Extent of
KarteJinia.
Aper<ju, &C., Tome II., pp. 377 to 399.