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3o4 A TOUR THROUGH
piercing trre sait water, I am told it can be
taken up very little affected by it. ,
Syracuse has two harbours; the largest
of which, on the south west side of Ortigia,
is reckoned six miles round, and Was esteem-
ed one of the best in the Mediterranean.
It is said by Diodorus to have run almost
into the heart of the city, and was called
Marmoreo, because entirely surrounded
with buildings of marble ; the entry into
this harbour was strongly fortified, and
the Roman sseets could never penetrate
into it.
The small port is on the north east of Or-
tigia, and is likewise recorded to have been
highly ornamented. Fazzello says, there
is still the remains of a submarine aqueduct,
that runs through the middle of it, which
w is intended to convey the water from the
fountain of Arethula to the other parts of
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the city.
Near
piercing trre sait water, I am told it can be
taken up very little affected by it. ,
Syracuse has two harbours; the largest
of which, on the south west side of Ortigia,
is reckoned six miles round, and Was esteem-
ed one of the best in the Mediterranean.
It is said by Diodorus to have run almost
into the heart of the city, and was called
Marmoreo, because entirely surrounded
with buildings of marble ; the entry into
this harbour was strongly fortified, and
the Roman sseets could never penetrate
into it.
The small port is on the north east of Or-
tigia, and is likewise recorded to have been
highly ornamented. Fazzello says, there
is still the remains of a submarine aqueduct,
that runs through the middle of it, which
w is intended to convey the water from the
fountain of Arethula to the other parts of
■
the city.
Near