The Greater and the Smaller, two districts in the vicinity of the Caucasian mountains. The latter, according to Pallas, is inhabited by five tribes who were formerly Christians, but the nobles now pro- feels the Mahometan religion. In manners, dress, mode of life, and, in some degree, in language, they resemble the Circassians. They practise agriculture, but chiefly depend on pasturage for their subsistence. They are celebrated for a fine breed of large horses. They are frequently harassed and plundered by the Circassian princes.