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not mention for what purpose these works char 
were carried on in the interior of the country, ' - 
at such a distance from the coast; but it is 
natural to conjecture their use, in curbing the 
hostile spirit of the natives towards the mari- 
time colonial possessions. The next possessors 
of Mankoop were the Genoese; afterwards, it 
belonged to a colony oiJews. Ruined tombs of 
marble and stone were lying in the ccemetery of 
the Jewish colony, beneath the trees which 
we passed in our ascent. The whole of our 
passage up the mountain was steep and diffi- 
cult; nor was it rendered more practicable by 
the amazing labours of its original possessors, 
whose dilapidated works now rather impeded 
than facilitated our progress. The ascent had 
once been paved the whole way, and stairs 
were formed, like those of the Merdveen, de- 
scribed in the last Chapter ; these still remain 
entire in many places. 
When we reached the summit, we found it lluins of 
entirely covered with ruins of the citadel. tress!° r 
ad mod um opere domus excisas habet, qute etsi ille locus nunc sylvosus 
est , Integra! taineu plurima? -reperiuntur. Phauum marmoreis et 
ssrpentiuis columnis ornatum humijam prostratum et corruptum, 
msignem et clarum quondam eum locum extitisse testatur.” Descrip. 
Tartar, pp. 262. 1264. 
