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PART I.
THE PILLAR.
115
“ cumftance with that attention which the others had
“ done : I can only fay, that it was too evident to be
“ miftaken, when I faw it. I was fo ftruck with it, that
“ I made a drawing of the Bafe of the Column, exhibit-
“ ing the excavation underneath, and the ftone upon
“ which it poifes, &c. &c.”
THE CAPITAL.
“ II y a quelque terns qu’un danfeur de corde, Arabe
“ de nation, entreprit de monter fur cette Colomne, et
“ en vint a bout. II attacha une ficelle a une fleche,
“ qu’il eut l’adrefle de faire pafTer dans les jours de la
“ corniche, dont le chapiteau eft accompagne. Enfuite
“ par le moyen de la ficelle il y eleva une corde, a la
“ faveur de laquelle il monta reellement fur le haut de
“ la Colomne, portant un anon fur fes epaules. Cela
“ fe paffa a la vue de tout le peuple d’Alexandrie, qui
“ etoit accouru pour jouir de cette nouveaute : c’eft de
“ drawing that he found in Paul Lucas, is a matter inconceivable. Per-
“ haps he had reafons of policy for adting in this manner. He formed the
“ projedt of tranfporting this Column to France ; and reprefenting it as
“ refting only upon a fingle ftone, it appeared fo much the more eafy to
“ remove, and to put on board a vefiel.” Eng. Tranfl. of Norden, edit,
fol. p. 10.
Q. 2
THE PILLAR.
115
“ cumftance with that attention which the others had
“ done : I can only fay, that it was too evident to be
“ miftaken, when I faw it. I was fo ftruck with it, that
“ I made a drawing of the Bafe of the Column, exhibit-
“ ing the excavation underneath, and the ftone upon
“ which it poifes, &c. &c.”
THE CAPITAL.
“ II y a quelque terns qu’un danfeur de corde, Arabe
“ de nation, entreprit de monter fur cette Colomne, et
“ en vint a bout. II attacha une ficelle a une fleche,
“ qu’il eut l’adrefle de faire pafTer dans les jours de la
“ corniche, dont le chapiteau eft accompagne. Enfuite
“ par le moyen de la ficelle il y eleva une corde, a la
“ faveur de laquelle il monta reellement fur le haut de
“ la Colomne, portant un anon fur fes epaules. Cela
“ fe paffa a la vue de tout le peuple d’Alexandrie, qui
“ etoit accouru pour jouir de cette nouveaute : c’eft de
“ drawing that he found in Paul Lucas, is a matter inconceivable. Per-
“ haps he had reafons of policy for adting in this manner. He formed the
“ projedt of tranfporting this Column to France ; and reprefenting it as
“ refting only upon a fingle ftone, it appeared fo much the more eafy to
“ remove, and to put on board a vefiel.” Eng. Tranfl. of Norden, edit,
fol. p. 10.
Q. 2