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city than I expected to find it. Of course, it is not 

 the city that it was two thousand years ago. Of that 

 city it might be said, as Virgil wrote of the ancient 

 city of his fathers, " Troja erat" Troy was ; that is, 

 Troy is not now. So may it be said of the ancient 



" These temples, palaces and piles stupendous, 

 Of which the very ruins are tremendous." 



city which was where now (or near by) stands Alex- 

 andria. 



It is supposed that, if extensive excavations were 



made, there might be found as fine specimens of 

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