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ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE 



the ground is depreffed and let down to a lower 

 level *. 



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397. On the fouthern coaft of Italy iimilar fads 

 have been obferved. Breislac, in his Topo- 

 graphia Fijica delta Campania di Ro?na f, from 



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appearances 



in th 



gulfs 



f Baj 



and 



Naples, concludes, that 



beginning of the 



Chriftian ^ra, 



the level of the fea 



that part of the coall than it is now. 

 which he mentions are the following 

 remains of an anciei 

 in the Gulf of Bajia 



road 



The fadts 

 : 17720, The 



to be feen 



a at a confiderable diitance 

 from the land, ido, Some ancient buildings be- 

 longing to Porto Julio are at prefent covered by 

 the fea. ^tio, Ten columns of granite at the foot 

 of Monte Nuovo, which appear to have belong- 



alfo 



d to the Temple of the Nymphs, are 

 covered by the fea. 4^0, The pavement of 



r 



the Temple of Serapis 



now fomewh 



than the high- water mark, though it cannot be 

 fuppofed that this edifice when built was expo 



fed to the in' 

 quently unde 



of having its floor fre- 

 5^0, The ruins of a palace, 



built 



Dalmatia 



vel o£ the fea has been remarked, particularly 

 ruins of Diocletian's palace of Spalatro. 

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