95), who seem to have had before them another less accurate passage of Polybius, state the breadth of the walls at 30 feet.

The triple wall of Appian--as to which a false idea has hitherto been diffused by Floras (i.

31)--denotes the outer wall, and the front and back walls of the casemates.

That this coincidence is not accidental, and that we have here in reality the remains of the famed walls of Carthage before us, will be evident to every one: the objections of Davis (Carthage and her Remains, p.

370 et seq.) only show how little even the utmost zeal can adduce in opposition to the main results of Beule.