Flattered by the attentions of the citizens, Agrippa made their city his place of residence, and he adorned it with new city walls and magnificent baths. Those who suppose that the object of the aqueduct was to conduct water to the amphitheatre only, instead of being appropriated to the domestic uses of the inhabitants, have not regarded with attention the peculiarities of its construction. The simplicity and unornamented style of its architecture, perfect, however, in its proportions, and just in every point of its design, marks the very character of these works of Agrippa. The waters about the colony of Nemansis, from the disturbed state of the springs in winter and spring, from the muddied flow of the torrents in times of flood, and the deficiency in times of drought and summer, were

precarious, unhealthy, and insufficient; a colony so placed would be left very imperfect, nay, defective, without the means of obtaining salubrious water accordingly, we find an ;

aqueduct and fountain at Nismes, bringing a constant and copious supply, unmixed with any of the streams or rivers that might spoil it. To avoid this^it was brought from the mountains, excluding all communication with the waters of the country through which it passed, and where it became necessary to pass the deep valley in which the river Garden runs, it was conducted across that valley by a bridge of two stages of arcades, at a height of 150 feet above the ordinary level of the river, that is, measuring to the top of the second range of arcades, which perfected Agrippa's erection, the water being conducted on the top of the second arcade. The third story, part of which is now remaining, raised upon a range of arcades, has been thought to be a building of a very different age from the two main ranges, in its materials, in its structure, and proportions and even in the placing of its parts, it does not correspond with the old ;