154 ^f- I5^/^t;^Z on the Caiife of the 



•' and the other colours made uje of, are as well 

 " prejervedy as if they had been laid on but yejlerday^ 

 *• and fo Jlrongly fixed to the Jl one, that I ix: as never 

 " able to feparate the;n in the leafl degree. You 

 *' will afk me, whether the defign is good and 

 ** has tafte ? yes. Sir, the whole is executed 

 *• with much greater exadlnefs, than the idols 

 ** of granite which we both have ieen in the 

 " Capitol."* 



Thefe further remarks are cited from the 

 journal of the fame author.f " We pafled 



" afterwards 



• Norden's Travels in Egypt, by Templeman, p. 33. 



f lb. vol. J[. p. 75. 



In confirmation, and as a farther explanation of thefe ac- 

 counts, ] (hall here infcrt fome extradts fro.Ti Perry's voyage 

 to Upper Egyptj which abounds in defcriptions and praifes 

 of the paintings, that adorn the temples and palaces of that 

 Jplendid fcene of antiquity. 



II *' At Carnac (commonly called Luxor il Kadim, and 

 " formerlv a part of Thebes) we went alliore, and marching 

 *' along, with great avidity direftly to it, we found the 

 " mod lUteiy, magnificent and furprizing temple that ever 

 •' eye beheld: doubtlefs, it is impoilible to think, fpcak, or 

 " write of this edifice, without tranfport or rapture ; for its 

 »• fplendour, glory, and magnificence are fuch, as are truly 

 ♦' unfpeakable, and perhaps inconceivable. The front of this 

 " portal from top to bottom, on each fide for a width of nine 

 " or ten feet, and the whole inner fide of the portal the fame, 

 »' are all filled with the moft beautiful figures in baflb relievo, 



" and, 



Jl A View of the Levaot, by C.Perry, M. P. London. 1743. P S-f '• 



