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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Hon with the Long Walls, admitting of one Gate only of Communication. — Superior 

 Strength of the Northern Long Wall, and its great Importance. — Difficulties in ascer- 

 taining the Position of the Gates. — Their Names, and the Order of their Succession. — 

 Athens how supplied with Water. — Proofs of the early Introduction of Aqueducts. — 

 K^vai mentioned by Thucydides. — Their ruinous State in the Time of Pausanias. — 

 Aqueduct built by Hadrian and Antonine. — The Modern City, how supplied with 

 Water. 



XXXIII. On the Long Walls which connected Athens with the Piraeus 



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General Opinion both in Ancient and in Modern Times respecting their Number. — 

 The Authorities on which the Notion of Three Long Walls rests, critically examined. — 

 Presumptive Evidence of the Number being confined to Two. — A direct Proof of this. — 

 The Policy of their Erection. 



XXXIV. The Vale of Tempe ; by Mr. Hawkins - - 528 



Visit to Tempe in the Years 1795, 1797« — General Appearance and Character of 

 the Plains of Thessaly. — The Defile of Tempe. — Its Formation ascribed to the Effect 

 of some violent Convulsion of the Strata. — Obvious Reasons for this Opinion. — The 

 Drainage of Thessaly dependant upon Tempe. — Connection of this Spot with some 

 important Events in the History of Greece. — List of some of the Plants observed in 

 the Vale of Tempe. 



XXXV. The Syrinx of Strabo, and the Passage of the Euripus ; by 

 Mr. Hawkins - 539 



Description by Strabo of the Bridge built by the Chalcidians and Boeotians across 

 the Straits of the Euripus. — Explanation of the Term %vpiy% used by the Geographer. 

 — Importance of closing the Passage of the Euripus. — Attempt to ascertain the 

 Situation of the Coela of Eubcea. 



XXXVI. Panoramic View of Athens, illustrated by Mr. Haygarth 550 



XXXVII. Remarks on the Thesauri of the Greeks, by the Editor - 561 



Different Uses of the Word Thesauros ; applied first to Buildings of the Heroic Ages 

 of Greece ; secondly, to a Species of Chapel, or Sacred Edifice ; thirdly, to a Granary, 

 or Excavation made in the Rock for preserving Corn. 



XXXVIII. Remarks on the Troad, contained in a Letter from Mr. Morritt to 

 Dr. Clarke - - - - - - 567 



XXXIX. Remarks on the Architectural Inscription brought from Athens, 

 and now preserved in the British Museum ; by Mr. Wilkins - 580 



Illustration of Parts of the preceding Inscription, by the Editor. 



XL. References to Mr. Foster's Map of the Troad - - 604 



XLI. Remarks on the Demetrian System of the Troad, by the Editor 607 



