At The End Of This Place, Are The
Remains Of A Circular Building Fronting A Bridge (P) Across The River:
This Bridge Is Of Steep Ascent, Owing To The Northern Banks Being
Considerably Higher Than The Southern, And It Is No Longer Passable.
Having returned to the four cubical pedestals (d), I followed to the
left the continuation of the street (c)
, By which I had first approached
those pedestals, and which having crossed the main street at the
pedestals, leads south-westward to the river, where it terminated at a
broad flight of steps, leading down to the bridge (k); of the colonnade
of this street (i), some broken shafts
[p.263]only are standing. The bridge is fourteen feet wide, with a high
centre arch and two lower ones; it is built with great solidity, and its
pavement is exactly of the same construction as that which I observed in
the streets of Shohba;[See page 70.] its centre is broken down. An
aqueduct is traced from the side of the building (u), passing near the
two bridges, towards the southern gate of the town. Such weremy
observations of the ruins on the right bank of the Wady.
On the left bank little else remains than heaps of ruins of private
habitations, and numerous fragments of columns. I must confess, however,
that I did not examine the part of the town towards the south gate; but
I have reason to believe, from the view which I had of it while on the
temple hill, that nothing of consequence, either as to buildings or
columns, is there to be met with.
Enter page number
PreviousNext
Page 333 of 870
Words from 90269 to 90540
of 236498
