. Thackerayana;. Triumphant Statue of Scipio Africanus.—End of Vol. 34 THACKER A YANA. History of the Carthaginians, etc. etc. 1. . Virgil has greatly altered many facts in his History of the Carthaginians, by the supposition that his hero, Eneas, was a contemporary of Dido, although there is an interval of about three centuries between the two personages ; Carthage having been built nearly three hundredyears beforethe Fall ofTroy.—Vol. 241. -. . By the &&&* AENEASorder of Hannibal a road was excavatedthrough the bed of the rocks, and thislabour was carried on with astonishingvigour a
. Thackerayana;. Triumphant Statue of Scipio Africanus.—End of Vol. 34 THACKER A YANA. History of the Carthaginians, etc. etc. 1. . Virgil has greatly altered many facts in his History of the Carthaginians, by the supposition that his hero, Eneas, was a contemporary of Dido, although there is an interval of about three centuries between the two personages ; Carthage having been built nearly three hundredyears beforethe Fall ofTroy.—Vol. 241. -. . By the &&&* AENEASorder of Hannibal a road was excavatedthrough the bed of the rocks, and thislabour was carried on with astonishingvigour and perseverance. To open andenlarge this pathway they felled all thetrees in the adjoining parts, and as soonas the timber was cut down the soldiersarranged the trunks on all sides of therocks, and the wood was then set on
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