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tecture, that he did so. Born at Mylasa, and perceiv-ing that Halicarnassus was a situation fortified by nature,and a place well adapted for commerce, with a commo-dious harbour, he fixed his residence there. The site ofthe city bears a resemblance to a theatre, as to generalform. In the lowest part of it, near the harbour, a forumwas built: up the hill, about the middle of the curve, wasa large square in the centre of which stood the mauso-leum, a work of such grandeur that it was accountedone of the seven wonders of the world. In the centre,on the summit of the hill, was- the temple of Mars, withits colossal statue, which is called d upoXiOos, sculpturedby the eminent hand of Leocharis. Some, however, at-tribute this statue to Leocharis; others to Timotheus.On the right, at the extreme point of the curve, was thetemple of Venus and Mercury, close to the fountain ofSalmacis. It is a vulgar error, that those who happen todrink thereat are affected with love-sickness. As, how-ever, this error is general, it will not he amiss to correctthe impression. It is not only impossible that the watershould have the effect of rendering men effeminate andunchaste; but, on the contrary, that alluded to is clearas crystal, and of the finest flavour. The origin of thestory, by which it gained the reputation of the abovequality, is as follows. When Melas and Arevaniasbrought to the place a colony from Argos and Troezene,they drove out the barbarous Carians and Lelegse.These, betaking themselves to the mountains in bodies,committed great depredations, and laid waste the neigh-bourhood. Borne time afterwards, one of the colonists,for the sake of the profit likely to arise from it, establishedclose to the fountain, on account of the excellence of itswater, a store where he kept all sorts of merchandize ;and thus it became a place of great resort of the barba-rians who were drawn thither. Coming, at first, in small,and at last in large numbers, the barbarians by degreesshook off their savage and uncivilized habits, and changed