TAORMINA. 
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in which statues were placed. Many columns of granite and 
marble, still remain upon the walls, but not in their original 
places. Some of the finest of the architectural ornaments, 
have been carried away in times of ignorance by the inhab¬ 
itants, who used them as material for building. 
The sketch on the preceding page hastily taken on the spot, 
represents the amphitheatre and a portion of the main edifice. 
