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b, is the carving represented on Plate IX., a ; the slab is made up of four pieces. 

 c and d, are somewhat similar slabs much broken and worn ; the figures in each 



have offerings in their hands similar to that shown on Plate IX., a. 

 e, is a large alligator's head measuring roughly 2 feet each way : the long tenon 



with which this carving had been fixed into the masonry is still attached 



to it. 



f, is a human foot 2 feet long and 10 inches broad. 



g, is a carved stone 4 feet in length, to which I am unable to attach any meaning. 



h, is a broken column 4 feet high 1 foot 10 inches in diameter ; it is broken in 



half, and has some indistinct carving on it. 

 i and./, are two flat stone slabs, each about the same size, 7 feet 6 inches X 4 feet 

 6 inches X 1 foot ; both are broken, one has indistinct remains of hieroglyphic 

 carving on the narrow sides and ends. Excavations have been made beneath 

 each of these slabs at some former time. 

 Jc, is an oblong stone rather larger at the top than at the bottom, measuring 4 feet 



in length, 2 feet in height, and 2 feet 5 inches in breadth. 

 I, is a circular stone 2 feet 4 inches in diameter, 1 foot 6 inches in height, pierced 

 through the centre by a hole 7 inches in diameter ; it shows no trace of 

 carving. 

 m and n, are similar stones, but they are not pierced. 



o and jp, are two stones, each 3 feet 5 inches long, rudely carved in the shape 



of alligators' heads ; they project from the corners of a heap of stones, 



the remains of some structure, and they now probably lie in their original 



position. 



In addition to these carved stones described above there are several other fragments 



of sculpture, including one headless bust, one stone incense-burner in the shape of a 



grotesque head, and several stones carved into the shape of skulls. 



At the south end of the Western Court is a detached mound [No. 14] almost flat at the 

 top. On digging into the north side of it a wall with a projecting coping was met with, 

 with a shelf 1 foot 9 inches wide above it, surmounted by another wall 3 feet 6 inches high, 

 reaching to the small square terrace on the top of the mound. This terrace is reached 

 by a stairway on the east side, and it does not appear to have supported any building ; 

 but along its southern edge there lies a heap of stones, not large enough to be the 



