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THE PHOENICIAN PLAIN.
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less to reveal of their old history than have those which have been destroyed and then deserted.
Still the evidences of a great past are not far to seek. As we stroll along the shore, especially
on the south side of the promontory, the shingle is composed of broken pottery almost as
much as of natural pebbles, the old columns lie in every direction, pierced by the pholas and
festooned with seaweed. The south side gives the clearest idea of the plan and position of
the ancient city, on the foundations and massive sea-walls of which we may note the fishermen
day after day spreading their nets, while
the columns and capitals have been cast -"~ ~- • -- ■ ~ —•
into the sea, and "her stones and dust f \~*itlfl* $fr*
in the midst of the water" (see below). | , . *
The mole on this side seems to have pro- !•, ir4HBW£C^/I ^¥ <
i ^^^^^^^^thfk^^^^^^^^^^^^^^S S tectec^ a harbour, the Egyptian, larger
^^6l2ti^^^^^o5^^si^^^^^^^^j tnan that which still exists at the north
^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^*^^^^^^m! end of the island, known to the ancients
^JBSl/' S^^^FwT *'" as the Sidonian harbour, and it is very
^--■0Pz2e^.__ ,rr^^_jiUy£^^^S^^-_- . -4 possible there may have been quays
the remains of tyre. > and wharfs where is now the broad belt
The shore is strewn from one end to the other, along the edge of the water, and
in the water, with columns of red and grey granite of various dimensions, f J t] f Alexander's CaUSewaV.
the only remaining monuments of ancient Tyre. J
This was very narrow at first, but the
current has rapidly silted up the shallow bay, till the neck is almost as wide as the island itself.
The process has long been going on, for at the south-east angle of the former island, and on
what was once sea, stands what is called the Algerian tower, a portion of an old line of
fortification constructed of the materials of earlier buildings, yet itself certainly not later than
the time of the Crusaders, and probably part of their line of defence. The present gate (see
page 55) is probably also on the site of the mediaeval portal ; but, though duly guarded, its use
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less to reveal of their old history than have those which have been destroyed and then deserted.
Still the evidences of a great past are not far to seek. As we stroll along the shore, especially
on the south side of the promontory, the shingle is composed of broken pottery almost as
much as of natural pebbles, the old columns lie in every direction, pierced by the pholas and
festooned with seaweed. The south side gives the clearest idea of the plan and position of
the ancient city, on the foundations and massive sea-walls of which we may note the fishermen
day after day spreading their nets, while
the columns and capitals have been cast -"~ ~- • -- ■ ~ —•
into the sea, and "her stones and dust f \~*itlfl* $fr*
in the midst of the water" (see below). | , . *
The mole on this side seems to have pro- !•, ir4HBW£C^/I ^¥ <
i ^^^^^^^^thfk^^^^^^^^^^^^^^S S tectec^ a harbour, the Egyptian, larger
^^6l2ti^^^^^o5^^si^^^^^^^^j tnan that which still exists at the north
^^^^^^^^^S^^^^^^^*^^^^^^m! end of the island, known to the ancients
^JBSl/' S^^^FwT *'" as the Sidonian harbour, and it is very
^--■0Pz2e^.__ ,rr^^_jiUy£^^^S^^-_- . -4 possible there may have been quays
the remains of tyre. > and wharfs where is now the broad belt
The shore is strewn from one end to the other, along the edge of the water, and
in the water, with columns of red and grey granite of various dimensions, f J t] f Alexander's CaUSewaV.
the only remaining monuments of ancient Tyre. J
This was very narrow at first, but the
current has rapidly silted up the shallow bay, till the neck is almost as wide as the island itself.
The process has long been going on, for at the south-east angle of the former island, and on
what was once sea, stands what is called the Algerian tower, a portion of an old line of
fortification constructed of the materials of earlier buildings, yet itself certainly not later than
the time of the Crusaders, and probably part of their line of defence. The present gate (see
page 55) is probably also on the site of the mediaeval portal ; but, though duly guarded, its use