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distance appears to be much greater than in 

 the case of men on horseback to-day. It 

 should be remembered, however, that the 

 cella frieze was placed more than thirty-five 

 feet above the floor of the temple, and that 

 the outer row of columns prevented the spec- 

 tator from standing at a distance to examine 

 the frieze. He had to look almost straight 

 up. In the British Museum, as well as in 

 others, the slabs or casts of them are placed 

 much lower. But in their original position, 

 the perspective would prevent the feet of 

 the men from seeming to dangle so far be- 

 low the bellies of their horses.* The dif- 

 erence, however, would be slight, and the 

 whole build of the horse in these as well as 

 in other works of art, stamps him as a small 

 animal. Of course the size and height of 

 horses varied then just as now. The differ- 



* Since I wrote the above, my friend Dr. Hayley 

 informs me that he heard Professor Kekuld make the 

 same remark in a course of lectures on the frieze. 

 Professor Kekule also observed that the sculptors of 

 this frieze had anticipated some of the discoveries 

 made by instantaneous photography in the positions 

 of the horse in motion. 



