BENGAZI. 375 these it will be seen, that the part devoted to the altar was on the eastern side of the building; but the extreme length of one of them is much greater than usual, and it is not unlikely that the portion at its western extremity, although comprised in the same hne of wall, was part of another building.

Near one of these (that to the eastward of the town) we found part of an entablature in the worst taste of the lower empire, which we conjectured to be the remains alluded to by Signor Della Celia, as probably having formed a part of the temple of Bacchus : it is true that they are mentioned by the Doctor as capitals and not as parts of the epistylia ; but as the fragment is small, it is possible that such a mistake may have been made ; and if this be not what is alluded to in the passage below, we confess that nothing else could be found among the ruins which would at all correspond with the description *.

The streets of Teuchira appear to have been built in squares, and to have crossed each other at right angles. One large street seems to have passed completely across the town, from the eastern to the western gateway ; and towards the centre of this we found some columns and the arch of a gateway which probably stood across the street. In various parts of the city, to the north-east and southwest of it in particular, there are imposing remains of fallen columns and entablatures, which have no doubt belonged to buildings of more than ordinary importance ; but without excavation it w ould not be * Vi si scorgono pure gli avanzi di un tempio che io ci'edo essere stato dedicate a Bacco, a giudicarne da’ capitelli, che giaciano afFastellati fra le sue rovine, guarniti di foglie di viti con grappoli pendenti. — (P. 199.)