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two other temples of rather larger size, 

 but of the type of outline already indi- 

 cated. They are built of small, finely 

 carved stones fitted together without 

 cement. There was formerly a fourth 

 temple, but it has fallen into ruin. Not 

 far off are a number of small semicir- 

 cular grottos, built of rough flat stones 

 piled so as to converge and form a 

 dome like an oyster grotto ; probably 

 these dens afforded shelter to the work- 

 men. In the wood hard by there is a 

 spring of water capable of yielding an 

 unfailing supply for their wants ; it is 

 the source of a stream which on its way 

 to the plain falls over a precipice of 

 some height. 



Scattered about the hill-side lie blocks 

 of stone, some of them partially hewn 



