Gell, William: The geography and antiquities of Ithaca (London, 1807)

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construction of many cities in Greece, which occupied, like
Ithaca, the side of a hill. Mycenae was an irregular trian-
gle, Naupactos another, and Tithorea a third instance of
this method.

The remains of the lower wall are so overgrown by
bushes and prickly shrubs, that it was with difficulty I was
enabled to make the drawings Nos. 2 and 3, which are
however sufficient to shew its great and unquestionable an-
tiquity. The portions designed are at the spot marked 2
and 3, in the map of Aito, where there is some appearance
of an entrance into the city, between the two walls.

There are no traces of towers on a foundation projecting
from the curtain; it seems however probable, from some of
the remains, that the wall inclined inwards toward the top,
leaving the towers as represented in No. 10, a method per-
fectly answering all the purposes of towers. This, however,
was only near the gates, even if the conjecture be just.

Proceeding toward the summit, up a rugged and rocky
ascent, at the distance of four hundred and twenty-five
paces from these ruins, a third wall crosses the hill in a di-
rection parallel to the former, and this is intersected by