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 down he ank, with a deep ob, on a ofa that tood behind her.

‘There lies, about a tone’s throw from the iland, acceible only by a draw-bridge, guarded by a well-appointed watch, a trong tower, built on a teep rock, and compleatly urrounded by the ea. Here, in the age of paganim, was the reidence of joy. Here are now the ruins of a celebrated temple conecrated to the jovial god of wine. The gate of the temple may till be een, as alo the canals, along which the gifts of Bacchus flowed in copious treams into a capacious reervoir. Chritian charity has converted this Heathenih abomination into a fortres of famine, and it is now frequented by bats and owls alone. The unhappy victims of a depot’s jealouy here found inevitable detruction. I was forced into this abominable dun-