Ich schätzte, daß für ihre ganze Kultur, ihre kunst und ihre reiche Zivilisation, diese Städte immer in der Gefahr des Meeres lebten. ###>There at the summit of all was a square tower of cut stone, and below it outworks and battlements ; while far beyond these there descended the great wall of the city to the sea. I guessed that for all their culture, their art, and their rich civilization, these cities lived always in peril of the sea.