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east, to ascend MOUNT AXCIIESMUS, and to 
enjoy in one panoramic 1 survey the glorious 
prospect presented from its summit, of all the 
antiquities and natural beauties in the Athenian 
Plain. At the foot of this mount were the 
remains of a reservoir, constructed by Hadrian 
Hadrian's for the purpose of receiving water for his new 
Reservoir. ,, , 
city, alter being conveyed by a most expensive 
aqueduct, whose broken piers may be traced to 
the distance of seven miles from the spot, in a 
north-easterly direction, toward the country 
between Parnes and Pentelicus. In Stuart's time, 
part of an arcade of marble remained, con- 
sisting of two Ionic columns, with their enta- 
blature ; and the spring of an arch, containing 
the fragment of an inscription, which was 
remarkably restored by Spons discovery of the 
entire legend in a manuscript at Zara*. It 
stated, that the work was begun by Hadrian, in 
(1) Since the plan has been adopted in England of exhibiting the 
riews of celebrated cities by the sort of painting called Panorama, 
a hope has been excited that Athens will one day become the subject 
of such a picture ; and for this purpose it is highly probable that 
Mount Anchesmus will be made the point of observation. At the same 
time, it is liable to this objection ; that the graudeur of effect it 
always diminished in proportion to the elevation of the spectator. 
The city makes, perhaps, a more striking appearance in the road 
from ELEUSIS, immediately after leaving the defile of Daphne. 
(2) Wheler says at Spnlatn. See Spon, Voyage de Dalmatic, &c. 
torn. 1. p. 51. ft fa Haye, 1724. 
