THE CITY WALL. 



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lowittg him through the woods, all at once found 

 ourselves confronted by a massive stone struct- 

 ure running at right angles to the sea ; and, fol- 

 lowing its direction, we soon came to a gateway 

 and watch-tower. We passed through the gateway, 

 and followed the wall outside, keeping as close to 

 it as the trees and bushes would permit, down to 

 the sea. The character of this structure could not 

 be mistaken. It was, in the strictest sense, a city 

 wall, the first we had seen that could be identified 

 as such beyond all question, and gave colour to the 

 many stories we had heard of walls, inducing us to 

 believe that many of the vestiges we had seen were 

 parts of continuous lines of enclosure. We imme- 

 diately set about a thorough exploration, and with- 

 out once breaking off, measured it from one end to 

 the other. 



The engraving which follows represents the plan 

 of this wall, as taken from the sea. It forms a par- 

 allelogram abutting on the sea, the high, precipi- 

 tous cliff forming a sea wall 1500 feet in length. 

 We began our survey on the cliff at the southeast 

 angle, where the abutment is much fallen. We 

 attempted to measure along the base, but the close 

 growth of trees and underbrush made it difficult to 

 carry the line, and we mounted to the top. Even 

 then it was no easy matter. Trees growing be- 

 side the wall threw their branches across it, thorns, 

 bushes, and vines of every description grew out of 

 it, and at every step we were obliged to cut down 



