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TRAVELS m BARBARY. 
Constantina, the ancient Cirta, in the eastern 
part of the Algerine territory, has its site entirely 
covered with broken walls, cisterns, and other 
ruins. The aqueduct and cisterns are particularly 
sumptuous. Shaw mentions also an altar of white 
marble ; a bridge with various sculptured orna- 
ments ; and a large gate, built of a beautiful red- 
dish stone not inferior to marble. Shershel, the 
ancient Julia Csesarea, inspires also a high idea of 
its ancient magnificence, by the fine pillars, capi- 
tals, capacious cisterns, and beautiful Mosaic 
pavements, that are everywhere remaining. The 
aqueduct, by which the water of the river Ha- 
shem was conveyed into this city, appears by the 
fragments scattered in the neighbouring valleys, 
to have been little inferior to that of Carthage. 
The ancient harbour appears, by some revolution 
of nature, to be now sunk under the waves ; as, 
when the water is low, the remains of its numer- 
ous pillars and massy walls are discovered. Spa- 
itla, the ancient Suffetula, contains remains of ex- 
traordinary beauty, among which are distinguish- 
ed a triumphal arch of the Corinthian order, and 
three temples, the greater part of which is entire. 
Bruce mentions here a composite temple, which 
appeared to him the finest specimen of that order 
existing. El Gemme is distinguished by the re- 
mains of an amphitheatre, consisting originally 
of sixty.four arches, and four orders of columns 
