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in which the cement yet exists upon the sides c _ A p> 
J r viii. 
of this reservoir, that it is difficult to explain the 
cause of its perfection after so many centuries. 
Similar excavations may be observed in the 
Acropolis of Argos; also upon the Mount of 
Olives near to Jerusalem; and among the remains 
of the antient cities of , Taurica Chersonesus, 
particularly in the rocks above the Portus Sym- 
bolorum. The porous nature of breccia rocks 
may serve to explain the use and perhaps the 
absolute necessity of the stucco here; and it 
may also illustrate the well-known fable con- 
cerning those porous vessels which the Dandides 
were doomed to fill; probably alluding to the 
cisterns of Argos which the daughters of Danaus 
were compelled to supply with water, according 
to the usual employment of women in the East. 
The other antiquities of Mycence must remain 
for the more attentive examination of future 
travellers ; who, as it is hoped, will visit the 
Ruins provided with the necessary implements 
for making researches, where, with the slightest 
precaution, they will be little liable to inter- 
ruption on the part of the Turks: the place 
being as destitute of inhabitants, and almost 
as little known or regarded, as it was in the 
time of Strabo; when it was believed that 
