coastable

Updated: September 17, 2025

A half-hour's trundling up a steep hill, and then comes a coastable descent into lower territory. A conscription party collected from the neighboring Mussulman villages, en route to Samsoon, the nearest Black Sea port, is met while riding down this declivity.

Thomas Stevens - Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 : From San Francisco to Teheran