it was still more appalling to see the Turks, with their ample trowsers, venture the ascent. The view from this height is commanding, and highly interesting in the associations excited by gazing on the ruins of the city of the Ptolemies, lying beneath. A theodolite was planted there, and a round of terrestrial angles taken; but the tremulous motion of the column affected the quicksilver in the artificial horizon so much as to preclude the possibility of obtaining an observation for the latitude. Various admeasurements have been given of the dimensions of Pompey's Pillar; the following, however, were taken by a gentleman who assisted in the operation above described:-- Feet In. Top of the capital to the astragal (one stone) 10 4 Astragal to first plinth (one stone) 67 7 Plinth to the ground 20 11 -------- Whole height 98 10 -------- Measured by a line from the top 99 4 -------- It will be remembered, however, that the pedestal of the column does not rest on the ground, Its elevation being 4 6 The height of the column itself is therefore 94 10 Diagonal of the capital 16 11 Circumference of shaft (upper part) 24 2 (lower part) 27 2 Length of side of the pedestal 16 6 Shaw says, that in his time, in expectation of finding a large treasure buried underneath, a great part of the foundation, consisting of several fragments of different sorts of stone and marble, had been removed; so that the whole fabric rested upon a block of white marble scarcely two yards square, which, upon touching it with a key, sounded like a bell.