»|,|j . RUIXS OF CARTHAGE. 575 
little distance, can scarcely be distingnished from 
>rc|jp '■^’'d on which they lie. The vestiges of triumphal 
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■>es, 
"air 
of superb specimens of Grecian architecture, of 
P'”'P*d’ry or granite, or of curious entablatures, 
discernible ; all are vanisiied ; and thus it will 
To 'I-”'® renowned cities now on earth! 
^»tib these ruins requires some method. Leaving 
<^st J-’ traveller rides along the shore in an east-north- 
hls ^^''ootion, and reaches, in about half an hour, the salt- 
<' 5 |j O'ch extend toward tlie west, as far as a fragment of 
near to the Great Reservoirs. Passing between 
pits and the sea, jetties are seen running out to a 
\ distance under water. The sea and the jetties 
^ii), ' right ; on his left he perceives a great quantity of 
eminences of unequal height ; and below these 
'’'lli(;|^* ,i’3t>in of a circular form, and of. considerable depth, 
%] i°ttnerly communicated with the sea by means of a 
''' iiav which are still to be seen. This basin appears 
% 5 i ^ *"5611 the Cothon, or inner port of Carthage. The 
i a'-'^ immense works discernible in the sea, in this 
% '5aie the site of the outer mole. Some piles of the 
blg'i .*■“ liaye been Constructed by Scipio, for the purpose 
op the port, may .still be distinguished. A 
J llig '^*'er canal is conjectured to have been the cut made 
^^Tthaglnians, when thev opened a new passage fot 
**®ate, part of Carthage was ouilt on tnree hills, 
which overlooks the eastern shore is the area of a 
'I, *oona, with several smaller ones adjoining ; some of 
tessellated pavements ; and in all are found 
of columns of fine marble and porphyry, 
conjectured to have been summer apartments 
of the palaces, such as the intense heat of the 
V t'ci required. 
""og along the shore, me common sewers are still 
i^of *"ut little impaired by time. With the excep- 
die cisterns have suffered the least. Besides 
h“*'c (j,® °‘'g to private houses, there are two sets for the 
f die Tunisians ; the largest of these was the 
n *5y '■’’^tvoir, and received the water of the aqueduct. 
_die western wall of the city, and consisted of 
twenty contiguous cisterns, each about one 
