OF REMOTE AGES. ooo 
which the only three certain specimens extant are 
at Lycosura, Tyrins, and portions of the walls 
at Mycene,—I say, ‘‘the only three certain spe- 
cimens,” because some imagine that they have 
found samples of the shapeless, unhewn style, at 
Cora and Volterra, the one a Pelasgic, the other an 
Etruscan city.* A closer examination, however, 
renders it extremely probable, indeed I may say ~ 
certain, that these portions originally resembled 
the rest of the walls to which they belong; but 
that the edges of the stones having been worn 
away to a considerable depth by the influence of 
wind and moisture, causes the appearance which the 
drawing represents. ‘This is the more probable, 
as in both cases they stand at the foot of a steep 
descent, down which, in the rainy season, the 
water pours like a torrent; and both face the 
South East, and are consequently exposed to the 
Sirocco, the most corroding wind in the world. 
This view of the subject is confirmed by the 
Signora Dionigi, in her elaborate work on the 
Latian Cities, p. 47. 
Of the ruins of Lycosura, we know very little. 
They are described by Dodwell, in his magnifi- 
cent work on Cyclopian Structures,f as similar to 
* Drawing IX. 
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