64 Major-General StratorTs Description of the 



surmounted by square blocks, bearing on eacb of their 

 four sides the broad face of Isis in finely executed relief. 

 The walls are sculptured with presentations, the ceiling with 

 expanded wings. There are some adjoining chambers. At 

 315 feet east from the south west propylon, we find the com- 

 mencement of another mass, and at 151 feet farther the gate- 

 way, or portal S E, constructed of granite highly polished, 

 (marked with a deep shade on the plan,) bearing sculptures 

 of offerings of jars, vases, &c. to the god, who wears here a 

 very rich necklace or collar ; there are other figures in mag- 

 nificent costume, and artfully executed ; the formation of 

 the limbs, the feet, the dresses, drapery, and minor details, 

 are exquisite. This leads to a court B, with a covered porti- 

 co to right and left. At 120 feet to the right is an edifice y, 

 with a double portico and side chambers : it has a granite en- 

 trance or gateway. 



At 135 feet, is another mass of masonry 2, which is, in a 

 great measure, dilapidated. There are fragments of a granite 

 gateway, and of two colossi, whereof there remains a hand 

 and body. Passing through an open space of 240 feet, we come 

 to a third mass 3, having two colossal seated statues on each 

 side, measuring from the head to the navel (they are partly 

 buried) twelve feet four inches, from the shoulder to the el- 

 bow seven feet two inches, from the elbow to the fingers seven 

 feet one inch. These statues have the serpent twisted on the 

 forehead. The facade is sculptured with the hero holding the 

 vanquished by the hair of the head ; we reckon five pairs of 

 hands. Traversing a space of 133 feet, which includes the 

 thickness of a fourth mass 4, we proceed for 181 feet, which 

 brings us to an opening in the wall 5, a little to the eastward 

 of the forest of columns. 



The sphinxes leading to the south east, or granite-gated pro- 

 pylon, have the bull'shead ; we reckon fifty-eight on oneside, and 

 49 on the other ; they stand on high pedestals, and are paint- 

 ed. Proceeding south, we come to a gateway leading to an 

 open space, with fragments of statues and ruins. A pond en- 

 closes, on three sides, a small eminence L, where we have seat- 

 ed rows of figures with the female form and lion's head ; they 

 sit in chairs with backs. We reckon thirteen in one row, and 



