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NOTICES OF BOOKS. 343
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The Excavations " Carthage At Carthage A...
tlie laud sidea strong trile -wall reached from sea to sea . The
on , p three tract may small generall hillsand y be it is des a cribed matter as of flat dispute , thoug on h which there of are these two the or
quaries Byrsa , or are citadel fiercel , , was y at built war ; concerning just as the the Italian particular and German horn of anti the
-Cap memorable itoline Hill morning on which when the I saw Roman the remains Capitol was of Carthage located . , the On vast the lain lay broiling beneath a brilliant sunshineand our
uneven p , times ¦ walk led not us scattered amidst roug over h with ground heaps , sometimes of stone , cultivated or fragments and of some wall - ,
and not _unfreqiientl , y yawning suddenly into a deep dark hole , the cellar or the cistern of some obliterated house ; perhaps even a
dwelling mulated . ch But amber all about this was whose perfectl walls y the shapeless mould of ; not ages a had building accuof the
• outer exists with sand and aboveground inner Not harbor far ; two from , before large these they pools is were a indicate low to cliff a great the on which extent position silte stands d up a
dilapidated . Moorish fort , garrisoned by a few , ragged soldiers . Between this fort and the shore , descends avi the g considers hostly trace that of here an
immense staircase , 135 feet wide ; Dr . Ds that stood it the was famous situated temple of rocks _^ 3 Esculap " and ius to , which of which in times Appian of relates peace upon
poetical they ascended and impressive by sixty steps than . this ' is , I staircase have rather never , of to which seen be traced any here thing merel and there more in
the the conformation stones _apjoear , of but the which cliffso much now is it overgrown and its sharp y - obliteratedFew object , s to the human imagination so
vivid ness an impression . of human life convey as _stejis of any kind . How many le have shuddered at the steps which led down into the dark
wells peop The step of s the that E lead gyptian down pyramids into deserted , and Roman then—broke baths , off and suddenl suddenl the steps y !
which lead up into ruined Gothic towers , ( and emerge y on the And sk here y ! ) have Vas each the skeleton their meaning of a g to igantic the poet flight and , framed the anti for quary the .
tramp now leads ing footstep up to nothing s of the , and thousands down to of massive a great heaps city , of which ruin fli upon ght .
a derous twenty which deserted I masses feet shore in of thickness ! wall Dr . l these y D , ing avis and ruins _aboiit say a portion s measured , of which the of latter measure upward a gr , ey " Here from of granite five fifteen are feet shaft pon in to - dug up among
diam removed eter . for This the p Bey iece ' , s which new palace was onl at y Baido ten feet , and in co leng st hic £ th 100 sketch , was to _sonvey it a distance of twelve the miles confused . Our p wrecks hotograp of
3 before mat onveys of us their a , without very character correct anything idea They to of are guide all , or composed assist , in of small forming stones masonry an esti and
cnortkr e with evident marks . that they were originally cased exte-, trenches in different
_riorly with wrought stones . I dug several
Notices Of Books. 343
NOTICES OF BOOKS . 343
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1861, page 343, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071861/page/55/
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