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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.1004#0268
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Ionian Sea. Here, upon this coast, stood that Emperor when Js^i
pv he had just conquered the world. uJU
lv! Look at the appearance which this spot now presents. At ,'J>
-1 the entrance of the Bay of Actium are two mud-built forts, <
one on each side of it; on their battlements are mounted some rusty can-
non, in whose mouths are fixed certain dingy implements employed to
sweep the cobwebs from these crazy pieces of Turkish artillery; above them
are gilded stars, and a tinsel crescent. You may see some children playing in
the rotten hulk of a ship of war, and the waters themselves seem tired and
languid, and as if wishing to sink into a sleepy lethargy on the shallow shore.
We cast anchor at the mouth of ""-■'
the Ambracian Bay, or, as it is noM-
called, the Gulf of Arta. On the right of ,.- ~.^L *■
. us is a low headland, on the left the mod- !* ^cmi$$<
ern town of Prevyza. The Roman Poet Proper- j j|
tins calls upon the traveller to be mindful of Au- ''^i/|ij^>
gustus Cfcsar in his voyages over the whole of the sf '£ JgN
Ionian Sea. Here, upon this coast, stood that Emperor when Js^i
pv he had just conquered the world. uJU
lv! Look at the appearance which this spot now presents. At ,'J>
-1 the entrance of the Bay of Actium are two mud-built forts, <
one on each side of it; on their battlements are mounted some rusty can-
non, in whose mouths are fixed certain dingy implements employed to
sweep the cobwebs from these crazy pieces of Turkish artillery; above them
are gilded stars, and a tinsel crescent. You may see some children playing in
the rotten hulk of a ship of war, and the waters themselves seem tired and
languid, and as if wishing to sink into a sleepy lethargy on the shallow shore.