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MARITIME CITIES OF PALESTINE.
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stones and drafted them." In the south-east corner of the citadel are the remains of a
magnificent church, described by early writers as a decagon, with three apses. Only one apse
now remains; it has pointed arches with sculptured corbels. The roof was thrown down by
the earthquake of 1837. Projecting from the north-east corner there are the ruins of a
spacious hall, called by the natives El Karnifeh. The eastern wall of the northern tower of
PART OF THE NORTH WALL AND MOAT OF CESAREA.
The walls are six feet in thickness and are strengthened by buttresses ; they are still from twenty to thirty feet in height. The moat is lined with
masonry. There are three ruined towers in the north wall, two of which are shown above.
Athlit is still standing ; it is eighty feet in height, and from a distance it appears to be a
complete structure. Among the ruins of the ancient town, which stood within the citadel,
modern houses and hovels, rudely constructed of ancient materials, have sprung up, and are
inhabited by a poor and rather disreputable Mohammedan population. There are extensive
vaults beneath this site ; one, which is divided into compartments, has been explored to a
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stones and drafted them." In the south-east corner of the citadel are the remains of a
magnificent church, described by early writers as a decagon, with three apses. Only one apse
now remains; it has pointed arches with sculptured corbels. The roof was thrown down by
the earthquake of 1837. Projecting from the north-east corner there are the ruins of a
spacious hall, called by the natives El Karnifeh. The eastern wall of the northern tower of
PART OF THE NORTH WALL AND MOAT OF CESAREA.
The walls are six feet in thickness and are strengthened by buttresses ; they are still from twenty to thirty feet in height. The moat is lined with
masonry. There are three ruined towers in the north wall, two of which are shown above.
Athlit is still standing ; it is eighty feet in height, and from a distance it appears to be a
complete structure. Among the ruins of the ancient town, which stood within the citadel,
modern houses and hovels, rudely constructed of ancient materials, have sprung up, and are
inhabited by a poor and rather disreputable Mohammedan population. There are extensive
vaults beneath this site ; one, which is divided into compartments, has been explored to a