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 Bfi 'AI.EXAMDRELA.. KtmwplKn for which Aleuodidk wai olebnUeil wu directly tvouied by the Lake Mimnlis, whose bad vu uiDuliy filled fran the Nile, ud the mtmnk iwadait to kgoom Kattend bj the re- gnlu influx of iti purifying Hooda. The mdiOB- tim of tlte itreeli from eul to iteit concuind Kilb then eaaia b> lEodec Aleiwdreiii htaltliy; dnce it broke Ibe fbn:« of Ch« Etedan or DOitbem bneiei, and diffused ah equibJe tempenture over the city. Nor were ilA military leu itriking than iU com- ALEXANDBKIA. merdil Adrutagcs. 1(3 tirbonn Hire mffickotly CA{«doufl to adniit of hu^ fleets, and niffidfotlf coDlnctnl It their eBlnnce to be defended by hoaaa Kid chum. A numbet of uniiU isliuidi uwud lU PhuDg mkI the harbnun weit occupied ttilh forti, ind the approach bom the north wu f urtbn u- cuied by the difficulty of navigating ainoeg the liuiesteoe reeSi and mad-baukfl winch tronl the it' bmtchura of the Nile. I. Acmlochiiu. 5. Lochias. 3. Closed or Royal Port G. Boyal Dockyards. 6. Poeddeion. 7- City DockTardi and Quays. 8. Gats of the Moon. 9. Kibotus, Uasin of Ennoelus. 10. Great Mole (Ifeptartadium). 11. Ennottos, Hai-en of Happy IteturiL 12. The Island Pharos. 13. The Tower Pharta (DiamoDd-Itock), U. Tbe Pirates' Bay. IS. Regio JodaeonuiL IG. Theatre of the MusentD. We ehall Er^t describe the harbour^line, and neit the interior of the city. The harbour-line commenced from the east with the peninsular strip Lochias, which terminated Se- ward in a fort called Acro-Lochias, the modem Pharllloa. The rums of a pter on the eoilem >ide of it mark an ancient landlnc-pUee, probably belun^png to the Palace which, with its groVFs and ganlens, occupied this Peninsula. Like all theprin- cipal buildings of Aleiandreia, itconmiandfd a view of thebayandlhePharoa. The Lochias fornud, with the islet of Antirhodm, the Closed or Royal Fort, which was kept eiclusiielj for the kinj^i gallies, and aroand the head of which weie (he Royal Dock- yards, West of (he Closed Port was the Posddcioo or Temple of Neptune, where embarkins and rettini- ing niarinera registered their vows. The northern point of this temple was called the Timonium, whither the defeated triumvir U. Antonias retiied after Lis flight fnim Adium in B.C. 31. (Hut. 23. Rhacetis. S4. Lake Mareotia. ^5. Ciml to Lake Uareotis. !6. Aqueduct from the Nile. 37. Necropolis. 28. Uippcdrunte. 29. Gate of the Sun. 30. Amphitheatre. 31. Emporium or Royal Exchange. Anton. 69.) Between Lochias and the Great Mola (Heptastadium) was the Greater Harbonr, and on tbe waitem side of the Mole was the Haven of Happy Return ((frsirrai), connected by tin baam (Kitarrot, chest) with (he canal that led, hj one arm, to the Lake Mareolis. and by the other to the Canobic am of the Nile. The haven of " Hapj^ Hetnni" fronted the qnarter of the < ■ --— ■■ . of a> n the Greater Har- -. aa the reefs and shoals lie principally UK. of the Pharos. Its modem name is (lie Old Port From the Poseidcioa to the Mole the short was lined with dockyards and warehouses, upon whose broad granils quays shipe dischar^ their lading without the intervention of boats. On the western bom of the Eunnstus were public granaries. Fronting Ihe ciTj, and sheltering both its har- bours, lay the long narrow island of Pharos. It was a dazsiing white calcareous rock, about a mile frotn Aluandreiu, and, nccoidlng to Stnbo, ISO stadia
 * . Anliriiodos.