forces had withdrawn. All the rest whom the Romans could find were put to death, with the exception of the most vigorous of the men and beautiful of the women, who were reserved as captives, or for future calamities worse than death. The city was set on fire, but so great was the slaughter that the flames were kept under by the blood of the slain, and it was not till night that the conflagration became general. After Titus had accomplished his mission of vengeance against a guilty people, he departed for Cæsarea, leaving, however, forces under Terentius Rufus to complete the work of destruction, and to explore the retreats of those who had hid themselves, with much treasure. Great numbers were found and slain, and others came forth of their own accord, being no longer able to endure the extremity of the famine. Among these were John and Simon. The former appeared first, and begged his life, which was granted. Simon, whose retreat was better stored with provisions, held out till the end of October, when he was seen on the ruins of the Temple, arrayed in a white robe and purple mantle. The Romans were astonished at this apparition, but learning who he was they took him, and sent him to Titus. He and John were reserved to adorn the triumphal pageant with which the conqueror entered Rome, and in which they appeared at the head of seven hundred captives. After which Simon was dragged through the imperial city, with a rope round his neck, scourged severely, and then put to death, with some other Jewish leaders. John, whose life had been granted to him, was banished. At Jerusalem, when there was no more blood to be shed, and when the fire had done its work, the soldiers proceeded with the work of demolition, razing even to the ground all its noble structures, its walls and fortresses, its palaces and towers, and the very foundations of its beautiful Temple. Nothing was left save a piece of the western wall, to serve as a rampart to the tenth legion, and the towers of Hippicos, Phasael, and Mariamne, to perpetuate the glory of the conqueror, by evincing the strength and splendour of the city he had destroyed. Thus fell the metropolis of the Jewish state. HE sports, games, and amusements of youth have a grave influence in forming their character in after life: robust sports strengthen the physique, while those that are effeminate www weaken it. Those na tions which have held sway and mastery over other nations have been those in which manly games took the lead in their education. The Persians, the Macedonians, the Grecians, and the Romans founded empires; and it was when manly sports decayed, and effeminate ones prevailed, that national greatness no longer existed. To introduce therefore, in a more comprehensive form than" has ever yet been done, the sports and games, ancient and modern, to |