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NOTICES OE BOOKS. 345
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The Excavations " Carthage At Carthage A...
nearly sixty miles ; and Dr . Davis assigns to it a Punic origin , which specimen Al is , geria however , notabl at , a Carthage di y sputed one at may point Cherchel _Tbe . traced Ther , the e during are ancient many its Julia Roman whole _Csesarea course aqueducts . . The All in
that part which is visible from the site of the town bears the stamp of wilful destruction ; in some places the piers and arches still
stand , rising sometimes to a height of more than ninety , but generallto between fiftand sixty feet above the plain . Mr . Blakesley
observes y , that in estimating y the utility of this stupendous work , it should not be forgotten that it was probably constructed not only to
supply Carthage with water , but to irrigate at least some portion of the land between its two extremities .
Dr . Davis gives an elaborate description of the Cothon , the artificial dockrather than harborof the ancient city , though , as I before
observed , it was formerly larger , than now . In the inner harbor an island , is still visibleon which stood the Admiral ' s palace ,
whence his orders were , issued by the sound of the trumpet , whence he published his ordinances and had the oversight of all
things . The waters of the inner and outer harbor have now a carriage-road between them , leading to the country-houses of two
proprietors of Tunis , who have built upon the shore ; but there is still communication bsubterranean ipes . Upon the small island , as
" masonry well as , on and the a y marg Punic in inscri of the _j ) tion p harbors was , discovere are yet d traces by Arabs of ancient who
• were digging for stone , and purchased by the French Abbe Bourgade , who possesses an interesting collection of Carthaginian
antiquities . The ruins on the island are undoubtedly Roman , which shows thatas so often happensthe older materials had been used
up a Roman in building sit , e not for far the from conquerors Al , iers . which In like served manner as a , quarry there of is g ,
stone to the present race of Mussulmans for three centuries . Dr . Davis found massive masonry about the edge of the inner harbor ,
which he considers as the remains of ancient receptacles for vessels , such being mentioned by classical writers .
Of dwelling-houses Dr . Davis appears to have found many remainssuch as foundation-wallsand plain or mosaic pavements .
, , They were , according to the ancient writers , " generally several storeys in height , but the lower storey alone appears to have been
builfc of massive materials . The stones were not very evenly and regularly disposed . The architect evidently depended more upon _,
the cement for the solidity of his structure , as well for its durability , than upon the stones . " The upper storeys were built by enclosing earth within a frame of boards constructed on either side . To this
day , the houses in Algiers and Tunis are built of rubble , small thicknessand well
stonesand cement . The walls are of enormous , adapted , to the climate . If kept whitewashed they resist the winter
decay rains perfectl they a _* re y ; nothi but ng when but a pulled heap of down rubbish and , and suffered soon assume fall into the
Notices Oe Books. 345
NOTICES OE BOOKS . 345
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1861, page 345, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071861/page/57/
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