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the existing remains of
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or six feet. After following their course on the south-
western side for about two hundred paces, we arrive at
an entrance not only defended by the ordinary pro-
jections of the outer wall, but by what is here observed
within, two other walls extending for some distance
nearly parallel to the outer one. The distance between
the outer and the second wall is about ten paces; that
between the second and third near forty. Soon after
passing this entrance, we find a considerable piece of
the outer wall, which is still from five to twelve or
thirteen feet high. The piece sketched1 is perhaps
rather more regular, in the size and forms of the stones,
than the greater part of the walls which remain; but
the whole may be considered as a near approach to
what has been termed the second style of cyelopian
masonry. As I pass along, following constantly the
course of the walls on the north-western side of the
city, I observe on the ground numerous pieces of pottery,
and also notice that the stones are, in some places, more
massive than those sketched. On this north-western side
of the city there appears to have been a defended entrance
in one of the interior walls, and between this entrance
and the acropolis, of which I will soon speak, three other
walls can be distinguished, although the ground is a
continual ascent and is very rocky. The whole length
of the present remains of walls on the south-west, west
and north-west sides of this ancient city scarcely exceeds
half a mile.
The little acropolis is situated on a mount about
one hundred and fifty paces from the southern ex-
tremity of the site: round its base are seen remains
of walls: I observe also some slight foundations on its
summit. Between this and the southern extremity the
ground is covered with fragments of pottery, and other
foundations, probably of the walls of houses, are also
1 The length of which is 11 feet fi inches, its height being 8 feet G
inches.
the existing remains of
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or six feet. After following their course on the south-
western side for about two hundred paces, we arrive at
an entrance not only defended by the ordinary pro-
jections of the outer wall, but by what is here observed
within, two other walls extending for some distance
nearly parallel to the outer one. The distance between
the outer and the second wall is about ten paces; that
between the second and third near forty. Soon after
passing this entrance, we find a considerable piece of
the outer wall, which is still from five to twelve or
thirteen feet high. The piece sketched1 is perhaps
rather more regular, in the size and forms of the stones,
than the greater part of the walls which remain; but
the whole may be considered as a near approach to
what has been termed the second style of cyelopian
masonry. As I pass along, following constantly the
course of the walls on the north-western side of the
city, I observe on the ground numerous pieces of pottery,
and also notice that the stones are, in some places, more
massive than those sketched. On this north-western side
of the city there appears to have been a defended entrance
in one of the interior walls, and between this entrance
and the acropolis, of which I will soon speak, three other
walls can be distinguished, although the ground is a
continual ascent and is very rocky. The whole length
of the present remains of walls on the south-west, west
and north-west sides of this ancient city scarcely exceeds
half a mile.
The little acropolis is situated on a mount about
one hundred and fifty paces from the southern ex-
tremity of the site: round its base are seen remains
of walls: I observe also some slight foundations on its
summit. Between this and the southern extremity the
ground is covered with fragments of pottery, and other
foundations, probably of the walls of houses, are also
1 The length of which is 11 feet fi inches, its height being 8 feet G
inches.