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them, without coercion, for those of the Greeks. Thefame, therefore, of this fountain, was acquired, not by theeffeminacy which it is reputed to impart, but by its beingthe means through which the minds of the barbarianswere civilized. I must now, however, proceed to finishmy description of the city. On the right summit we havedescribed the temple of Venus and the above namedfountain to have been placed: on the left stood the royalpalace, which was planned by Mausolus himself. Thiscommanded, on the right, a view of the forum and har-bour, and of the whole circuit of the walls : on the left, itoverlooked a secret harbour, hidden by the mountains,into which no one could pry, so as to be aware of whatwas transacting therein. In short, from his palace, theking, without any person being aware of it, could givethe necessary orders to his soldiers and sailors. Afterthe death of Mausolus, the Rhodians, indignant at hiswife, who succeeded to the government, governing thewhole of Caria, fitted out a fleet, for the purpose ofseizing the kingdom. When the news reached Arte-misia, she directed her fleet to lie still in the secretharbour; and having concealed the sailors and musteredthe marines, ordered the rest of the citizens to the walls.When the well appointed squadron of the Rhodiansshould enter the large harbour, she gave orders thatthose stationed on the walls should greet them, andpromise to deliver up the town. The Rhodians, leavingtheir ships, penetrated into the town; at which periodArtemisia, by the sudden opening of a canal, broughther fleet round, through the open sea, into the largeharbour; whence the Rhodian fleet, abandoned by itssailors and marines, was easily carried out to sea. TheRhodians, having now no place of shelter, were sur-rounded in the forum and slain. Artemisia then embark-ing her own sailors and marines on board of the Rho-dian fleet, set sail for Rhodes. The inhabitants of thatcity seeing their vessels return decorated with laurels,

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