. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . canal formsa line of ponds, from two to eight feetdeej) and from sixty to ninety broad,nearly from one sea to the otlier. Itwas cut through beds of tertiary sandsand marls (which would account forthe falling in of the banks), being pro-bably, where it was deepest
. The history of Herodotus. A new English version, ed. with copious notes and appendices, illustrating the history and geography of Herodotus, from the most recent sources of information; and embodying the chief results, historical and ethnographical, which have been obtained in the progress of cuneiform and hieroglyphical discovery . canal formsa line of ponds, from two to eight feetdeej) and from sixty to ninety broad,nearly from one sea to the otlier. Itwas cut through beds of tertiary sandsand marls (which would account forthe falling in of the banks), being pro-bably, where it was deepest, not more Chap. 22, 23. SKILL OF THE THCENICIANS. 21 a line was drawn across by the city of Sane; and along this the\arious nations parcelled out among themselves the work to bedone. When the trench grew deep, the Avorkmen at the bottomcontinued to dig, while others handed the earth, as it was dugout, to labourers placed higher up upon ladders, and thosetaking it, passed it on further, till it came at last to those at thetop, who carried it off and emptied it away. All the othernations, therefore, except the Phoenicians, had double labour; iorthe sides of the trench fell in continually, as could not but hap-en, since they made the width no gTeater at the top than itwas required to be at the bottom. But the Phcenicians showed. rian of Canal. than sixty feet below the natural sur- a very politic proceeding, on account of face of the giound, which at its highest the dangerous character of the naviga- poiut rises only fifty-one feet above the tion about the peninsula, especially on sea level. It was not really a great its north coast, Avhich has no harbours ?work, but a very easy one, and can (vide supra, vi. 44, note). So also Sir G. scarcely have taken more than a year to Bowen (p. Colonel Leake regards it as 22 COLLECTIOX OF STORES. Book YII. in this the skill Avliicli they are wont to exhibit in all theirundertakings. For in the portion of the work Avhich Avas al
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