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GARDENS SIMI.iLAR TO 'Ti8,OSE OF ALCINOUS.~S{)cinous, wbich werethe wonder of the world, which have been sung assuch by the greatest ofpoets, andwhich are (with sorne plausibility) sup.posed to have belonged to the wisest ofmen, (a hint gond use lllight bemade of in the present day,) iucluded but a double of this area,,....,...fOl1racres,-·for walks, rides, driv,es, produce,lawns, and plantations! IdeasPlay expand,butdiscretion is a very unelastic substance, and here inMorocco they seem to have attended 'rigidl;y to precedent and pre.scription.It is wonderful how precise is the coincidence of everyfeature of one of these situations of pleasure and retreat, with the descriptionsofsuch remote antiquity.A garden here could not be morecirçUJllstantiaUy, morepicturesquely described than in the very wordsoftPeimmortalÇ:reek. The waterwhicb makesall fiourish, verdantandproductive" issuppliedby means perfectly conformable with thoseadopted, as seen in thèir ruins, byancient Carthage. It is in Europeonly that manners and ideas change.The evening was squaUy, widl heavy ,douds obscuring the sky ;~prinklingsof raju feU, and volumes of dust rose,. as the street8, orrather perhaps wastes, of the city were crossed, on this occasion, inSC