?6 JOURNEY THROUGH THE SOUTH-WESTERN QUARTER

fent all the colours of the rainbow. Many remarkable obje&smight doubtlefs be ftill brougbt to light, if diligent fearch weremade within the wall of the town, efpecially in the largeheap of ruins forming a kind of mount; and, if particular carewere taken to prevent the articles thus obtained from beingfuppreffed, or from falling into improper hands. A beautifulfilver medal, in a fine ftate of prefervation, was found amongthefe ruins, and is delineated in the fifth plate ; but, as I amno antiquarian connoifleur, and as I write at a diftance from allliterary aid, I was undetermined whether it deferved to becopied; though it is, in my opinion, nobly executed.

The whole fuperficies of the city, including the calcareousrocky fhore, which is here fomewhat elevated, and terminatesabruptly, is from feventy to eighty thoufand fquare fathomswithin the precinds of its wall, that defcribes feveral anglesintended for its defence. The ancient plan of the ftreets orhoufes can, however, be no longer diftinguifhed ; becaufe everyfpot has, by frequently digging and forcibly breaking out thehewn fquare ftones, been thrown into confufion, and coveredwith rubbifh. Confidering the extraordinary population thatmuft have formerly been in this place, the circumference ofthe town was apparently too confined to contain fuch numbers :it is therefore probable, that a large proportion of the inhabitantsdwelt on their diftributed lots of ground, and carried on theirrefpecYive trades, or occupations, beyond the limits of the town.In its vicinity, there ftill remain feveral caverns in the terracesof the calcareous mountain, and which have perhaps fervedas lodgings for the crews of fhips that frequented this oncemagnificent city.

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