The Bible In Spain By George Borrow




































































 -   Here, on the right, was the
commencement of an aqueduct by means of which the town on the
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Here, On The Right, Was The Commencement Of An Aqueduct By Means Of Which The Town On The Opposite Hill Was Supplied; It Was At This Point Scarcely Two Feet In Altitude, But, As We Descended, It Became Higher And Higher, And Its Proportions More Colossal.

Near the bottom of the valley it took a turn to the left, bestriding the road with one of its arches.

I looked up, after passing under it; the water must have been flowing near a hundred feet above my head, and I was filled with wonder at the immensity of the structure which conveyed it. There was, however, one feature which was no slight drawback to its pretensions to grandeur and magnificence; the water was supported not by gigantic single arches, like those of the aqueduct of Lisbon, which stalk over the valley like legs of Titans, but by three layers of arches, which, like three distinct aqueducts, rise above each other. The expense and labour necessary for the erection of such a structure must have been enormous; and, when we reflect with what comparative ease modern art would confer the same advantage, we cannot help congratulating ourselves that we live in times when it is not necessary to exhaust the wealth of a province to supply a town on a hill with one of the first necessaries of existence.

CHAPTER VIII

Elvas - Extraordinary Longevity - The English Nation - Portuguese Ingratitude - Illiberality - Fortifications - Spanish Beggar - Badajoz- -The Custom House.

Arrived at the gate of Elvas, an officer came out of a kind of guard house, and, having asked me some questions, despatched a soldier with me to the police office, that my passport might be viseed, as upon the frontier they are much more particular with respect to passports than in other parts.

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