ing the 1mple of a. He also began to build & tempic in honor of Arsinoe, by order of Ptolemy, which he intended to suspend a statue of the q loer b. m. lond ans of a lo tone. His death, how.rk. II. and to the in a fe two nex: square with e. floor was circular, continued to the top, to which a winding staircase conducted. In the upper galleries were contrived some mirrors, to show the ships and objects at sea for some considerable distance. On the top a fire was constantly kept, to direct sailors into the bay, which was dangerous and difficult of access. The whole of this masterpiece of art was exquisitely wrought in stone, and adorned with columns, balustrades, and ornaments, worked in the finest marble. To protect the structure from ocean storms, it was surrounded entirely by a sea-wall. Ancient writers say, the building of this tower cost eight hundred talents, which is equivalent to £165,000, if Attic talents; but if Alexandrian, double that sum. The building was not completed during the reign of the first Ptolemy, but was finished in the reign of his son Ptolemy Philadelphus, who placed this inscription upon it:-"King Ptolemy, to the Gods the Saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Sostratus, the architect, wishing to claim all the glory of the building, engraved his own name on the solid marble, and afterward coated it with cement. Thus, when time had decayed the mortar, Ptolemy's name disappeared, and the following inscription became visible:-"Sostratus the Cnidian, to the Gods the Saviours, for the benefit of sailors." Of this remarkable tower not a vestige remains, and history gives us no further information than we have here; of its gradual decay or of its violent destruction we have no record: but that such a structure as described stood there, there can be not a shadow of doubt, from the fact that all buildings for |