1.Diod.II.

10.
For further particulars relative to the hanging-gardens, see later notes.] "And did she recover ?" asked Nitetis, without raising her eyes.
"She recovered health and happiness; and you too will soon feel well and happy in our country." "And now," said Ladice with a smile, "what, think you, contributed most to the young queen's recovery?
the beautiful mountain or the love of the husband, who erected it for her sake ?" "Her husband's love," cried the young girls.
"But Nitetis would not disdain the mountain either," maintained Bartja, "and I shall make it my care that whenever the court is at Babylon, she has the hanging-gardens for her residence." "But now come," exclaimed Amasis, "unless you wish to see the city in darkness.

Two secretaries have been awaiting me yonder for the last two hours.

Ho! Sachons! give orders to the captain of the guard to accompany our noble guests with a hundred men." "But why?
a single guide, perhaps one of the Greek officers, would be amply sufficient." "No, my young friends, it is better so.

Foreigners can never be too prudent in Egypt.