Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . alls. The water was conducted round edificesand enclosures, and the channels then became long fences of a single stone. When therill first drips over any surface, it leaves behind it a lurid appearance, resembling wetsalt, or half-dissolved snow. Several of the vineyards and gardens are now fenced withthis substance. Over the summit of this chalky cliff appear the remains of Hierapolis. These consistof the ruins of a stadium, and amphitheatre, which no ancient town, yet discovered,has been without; they were the most indisp
Constantinople : and the scenery of the seven churches of Asia Minor . alls. The water was conducted round edificesand enclosures, and the channels then became long fences of a single stone. When therill first drips over any surface, it leaves behind it a lurid appearance, resembling wetsalt, or half-dissolved snow. Several of the vineyards and gardens are now fenced withthis substance. Over the summit of this chalky cliff appear the remains of Hierapolis. These consistof the ruins of a stadium, and amphitheatre, which no ancient town, yet discovered,has been without; they were the most indispensable, and the most permanently meanest as well as the most insignificant cities seem to have thought them neces-sary to their well-being. Mixed with these are numerous sarcophagi, with and withoutcovers; the whole occupying a space of one mile in length; and among the inscriptionsfound are some celebrating this city for its hot springs, declaring it to be reveredover Asia for its salubrious rills. It was, therefore, dedicated to Apollo, who, with ? £.
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