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78 TRAVELS IN .EUROPE.amphitheatre is oval; and its largest diameter, co ted bypacing,is ninety-three yards or thereabout. The area Ims a erop of garnity.'l'he soil,vanzos in it; a very usual faIl here of the pride of athough eonsiderably raised, leaves still ~l depth of fi fcet or more be-low the surrounding parapet-wall in front of the s s. These latterfise rapidly in a number ofrows, each 0 ieh mustperfeet view. The water whieh filled this great arAlbuera (the reservoir, Arabie), a mile and a halthe amphitheatrseats, wheneeehannels of t en ws. The tillinghave been a very gratifying procedure in sueh a climate andThe triumphal arch here is a180 a curiosityof arehino apparent cement in it. The power of thebeen entire1y trusted to. By process 0abuse, a yieldinghas unfopears sornewhat shaken.ruine The span of this aremust have bcen very eonsiderabraised above it, as is at present theture, tlpleasant-looking '. SS, lik f e ki . Such matter sequire an interest the eyes 0 aveller Pons. At least hedescended to insert this and other quadrangular objects in hiswhere otherwise the picturesque itself has nearly as much chance tofound as antiquarian matter. AIl this seems strange inconsistency in alover of painting. He at least, for on h9r, may defy an the familiar$of the Inquisition. For, notwithsta nunciation of th subjectof antiquity, their industry would be ed to tind one i np..~ubstantiated by the prescription of a cen