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NARBONNE.~33'.valls ofthis towllexenipHfy'to i us whât we havedsewhere seert ;pictuTes of, --thew'orld turned u pside down.buiItof thedehrisof RmuanantiqlIity.~ountablerrheyareRèlievos, monldings, un'ac­specimens ofO1'né'lmèntâJ seul pttlre, are, if the expression nlayhe hazarcied,t'allged .herein ,ôonfuslon; for they cou Id hardly havebeensoconÎîtltetel~;rfltSpUlfced; had i nnt1 àpaîhs ii.beetltakeh '. to that·· effét't.He.rea trirei'nê keei upwards' ptesentsitself;hardby]sa legionatysentine! standing upon his head, while the tb'wer he guards is prostratefrom its base.A series of these and simiJar objects, aH in unconnected.\'tiieillœty;come utlder theieyein the circuit of these bulwarks or ramcônstruetièn'ofwhich,although the military architect maybeioneàof;highhame, theprôofs of his scieïiée are by nO means suffi~cient to cOtlnpensatefèr his want of taste.He had an opportunity ofdisposingtheséinterl'lsttFÎgretBâ'înis to an exceIIetlteffect, and whereprôbably they :wouldhave heenlongsecure; for France does not âpi_l'>ear,by iwhatwe can judge, to apprehend an àttack on this part of herf~I'OnÜerS~àFâll1Ilyrartangements; 1t lstobepresumed, have put aH such appreh'éllsionsto 'sleep.How fortunate for mankind, wllen such extensivelyhappy résaltscan be effectuatedso easily!Certainly very Iittlehaspôwers of résIstânce in thls place since the days ofâ.ndthàttittle i8 of the ohl;school; ramparts htgh out ofâlldueproportion, but inconformitywith'the defective principle Solongc1lIng tobyenginéets.Uanguor, apathy; ândirdésti.tûtiùn seem toMtvé fixed their rergn IIIthe streets of thistown,s'nfâ'r'a,s t()itsr~gtiJàtinmates.But Frenchvivâdty is nottobecompletèly tepressed by idlcIless, by inanition, or'11 sôlstitiaJ sun. Were it so, the presentèxample of it would havebeenlostj a vegiment ofinfantry (certainly the chief nùmerical part of one)1:'