. Young folks library . mm!^W^ mm-R H| m Wine Cellar. A Street in the Pergamus 25 built of sun-dried bricks, which, however, had reallybecome burnt bricks through the conflagration. Thiswall, which likewise appears to me to be a fortification,and very thick, I have had broken down to the per-pendicular hne of the foundations of the Temple ofAthena. I am in great fear lest the Turks should make offwith the large stone altar, the upper part of whichforms a crescent, to use it for building a minaret in thevillage of Chiplak; therefore, without moving it fromits place, I shall have it carefully sp
. Young folks library . mm!^W^ mm-R H| m Wine Cellar. A Street in the Pergamus 25 built of sun-dried bricks, which, however, had reallybecome burnt bricks through the conflagration. Thiswall, which likewise appears to me to be a fortification,and very thick, I have had broken down to the per-pendicular hne of the foundations of the Temple ofAthena. I am in great fear lest the Turks should make offwith the large stone altar, the upper part of whichforms a crescent, to use it for building a minaret in thevillage of Chiplak; therefore, without moving it fromits place, I shall have it carefully split in two, so thatit will be useless for building purposes. This stoneand its pedestal are daubed over with a white crust ofclay, which upon the pedestal is nearly an inch thick. I have continued the excavation on the south-eastside of the Pergamus, and I have found that the greatwall, which I regarded as a continuation of the Tower,is part of a very ancient and large wall of DISCOVERIES IN POMPEII (From Pompeii.)Bt THOMAS H. DYER,
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