CIRCASS1IA —- TURKEY IN ASIA. 119 
3. Those persons who have displeased the emperor of Russia, or 
who have committed certain crimes, are exiled to this couniry, and 
Aare never permitted to see their friends again. 
4. Circassıa is a.country situated on the north side 
of‘ the Caucasus mountains : the inhabitants are calle« 
Circassians: they are a brave and handsome, but bar- 
batous people, and are always at war with Russia, 
Cjireassians selling their Women. 
5 The women are celebrated for their beauty: many of them are 
sold by their parents to traders, who dispose of them to the Turks. 
Persiuns, and other nations. Some of these women become «the 
wives of kings and princes. 
6. Turkey ın Asıa forms a part of the Ottoman, or 
Turkish Empire: it is a fine fertile region, but is badly 
voverned and cultivated. 
posed of? 3, Who are exiled to Siberia? -4 Where is Cireas- 
sin situated! 5. For what are the women celehrated ı 6. Of what 
Joes 'Purker in Asia forın a part! 7, On what mountain did the 
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