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pavement, leaves its height, from twenty-four varied 

 to twentv-feven feet ; the whole of the wall on the- 

 outride (being 2,100 feet by twenty-four, allowing 

 240 for the opening of the gates and louare projection 

 on the weft fide) is covered with carvings and figures 

 fculptured out of the block,. Every fingle block has 

 a rim, or border, raifed round it, within which, the 

 carving is railed on a level .with the rim, doik r ned evi- 

 dently, to protect the figures from injury, while railed 

 upon the wall. 



The firft and lowefl row of thefe ftones is covered 

 with figures of elephants, harneffed in different ways, 

 as if led in proceflion, many of them twifting up trees 

 with their trunks. — 2nd. The fecond row is chiefly 

 occupied with equeltrian fubjedts ; horfes led ready 

 laddled and their manes ornamented, others tied up to 

 pillars, fome loofe ; a great many horfemen arc repre- 

 fented, engaged in figlit, at full gallop, and armed with 

 pikes, 1 words, and fhields ; others are feen hunting the 

 tyger, and running them through with long fpears. 

 The riders are represented very fmall in proportion to 

 the horfes, probably to diftinguifh the flze of the lat- 

 ter, as a fmaller carl feems intended to be represented 

 among the led horles, where a few are feen lower in 

 fize, fomething refcmbling the Acheen breed of horfes. 

 All tiiefe- figures are very accurately defigned. It is re- 

 markable, that feveral figures are rcprefented gal- 

 lopping off as in flight, and at the fame time drawing 

 the bow at full ftretch ; thefe Parthian figures feem to 

 have entirely dropped the bridle, both hands being 

 occupied by the bow; fome of them are feen advancing 

 at full fueed, and drawing the bow at the fame time. 

 This mode appears to have been pracYifed by the In- 

 dians, as it is highly probable, that the arts of common 

 life only, are here reprefented in the lower row. — 

 3d. On the third row, a variety of figures are rc- 

 prefented, many of them hunting pieces ; tygers (and 

 in one place a lion) attacked by feveral perfons ; 



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