Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, And the Holy Land, volume 2
Incidents of Travel in Egypt, Arabia Petraea, And the Holy Land, volume 2
John Lloyd Stephens
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The uppermost layer, round the top of the well, which was on a level with the pavement was of marble, and had many grooves cut in it, apparenilv 12 Digitized by VjOOQIC 102 INCIDENTS OP TRAVEL. worn by the long-continued use of ropes in drawing water Around each of the wells were circular ranges of columns which, when the city existed, and the inhabitants came there to drink, might and probably did support a roof simi- lar to those now seen over the fountains in Constantinople. No remains of su...ch roof, however, are existing ; and the columns are broken, several of them standing not more than three or four feet high, and the tops scooped out to serve • as troughs for thirsty camels. On the other side, a little in the rear of the wells, is a hill overlooking the scattered ruins below, which may, some hundred years ago, have been the Acropolis of the city. A strong wall seems to have ex- tended around the whole summit level of the hill. I re- member that I rode up to the summit, winding around the hill, and leaped my horse over the broken wall ; but there was nothing to reward me for the exertion of the under- taking.
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