. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ->rising that the ancient in-habitants allowed the ledge of rocks on the sea^ard side tq. lllil ;M SIDON—ANTIQUITIES—PURPURA. 157 be quarried away for building-stone. This invaluable bar-rier has thus been so much lowered that the sea breaks overinto the harbor in every storm, not only endangering theships and boats, but causing a strong current to set east-ward under the arches of the causeway which leads to thecastle. These arches will, ere long, give wa}^, as
. The land and the Book; or, Biblical illustrations drawn from the manners and customs, the scenes and scenery of the Holy Land . ->rising that the ancient in-habitants allowed the ledge of rocks on the sea^ard side tq. lllil ;M SIDON—ANTIQUITIES—PURPURA. 157 be quarried away for building-stone. This invaluable bar-rier has thus been so much lowered that the sea breaks overinto the harbor in every storm, not only endangering theships and boats, but causing a strong current to set east-ward under the arches of the causeway which leads to thecastle. These arches will, ere long, give wa}^, as others havebefore, and thus the castle will be cut off from communica-tion with the city. This castle itself, though mostly inruins, has something to interest the antiquary. The oldestpart is built nearly sohd, with a large number of granitecolumns placed at regular intervals in the wall; this shows,of course, that it was not erected until after the columns hadbecome part of Sidons ancient ruins; nevertheless, it isbuilt of very heavy stones, having the Phoenician bevel,and probably dates back to the. beginning of our era. Theslightly-pointed arch in the most ancient part does notprove it to be modern, for I ha
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