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hundred feet in lengthy and thirty in breadth. They 
series of vaults, communicating with each other, 
bordered throughout their whole length by a corridot- 
smaller resenoir has a greater elevation, and lies o'-’' 
Cothon or inner port. 
The nfins of the noble aqueduct which con''eyl,,rft'' 
water into the larger cisterns, may be traced as far as 
and Zungar, at least fifty miles distant, d’his 
been a ^ 
pensive 
peninsula was beautifully faced with stone, — , .|i, 
village to the north of Tunis, are several entire arc 
feet high, and supported by piers 16 feet squarU’ 
water-channel is vaulted over, and plastered widi a ■ ^|;i 
cement. 
truly magnificent, and at the same time, a ^ 
work. That part of it which extends 
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• A person of an ordinary height may waiK 
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in it ; and at intervals are apertures, left open, ns wd' 
admission of fresh air, as for the convenience ot 
The water-mark is nearly three feet high ; but it 'I*. ' .i))®** 
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sible to determine the quantity daily cnnvej eri W ' 
by this channel, without knowing the angle '' 
which, in its present imperfect state, cannot be ascer>‘ 
Temples were erected at Zawan and Zuii; 
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fountains by which this aqueduct was supplied. 
Zungar appears to have been of the Corinthian 
tei'rainates very beautifully in a dome with three 
probably intended for the statues of the divinities of 
THE TLAIN OF TROY. 
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According to Horner’s description of the Trojan' 
combined certain prominent and remarkable pe’an' 
likely to be affected by any lapse of time. Ot W ||,dn 
was tlie Hellespont; the Island of Tenedos; the 
the river by whose inundations it was occasion*’ ^ 
flowed ; and the mountain whence that river 
following is an abstract of Dr. Clarke's accurate 
the vestiges ofhigh antiquity contained in this trul.V e *^'^ *|u*^ 
“ We entered an immense plain, in which *l'|r 
were engaged hunting wild-boars. Feasants _ 
soil ot , ,le 
employed in ploughing a deep and rich j 
earth. Proceeding towtirds the east, raid loon 
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distinctly pointed out by Strabo, as the harbour n' 
Grecian fleet was stationed, we arrive.t at the 
