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the west side of these buildings; the remains of the whole of the front row can be 

 seen, but only five of the second row could be made out amongst the tumbled mass of 

 broken stone which covers the terrace. 



The terrace (23) projects on the east side to support a colonnade (j) of 45 square 

 columns arranged in five rows. There is a considerable amount of debris amongst 

 these columns, and a few roofing-stones, which may, however, have fallen from the 

 buildings raised on the foundation at " g." No enclosing walls could be traced round 

 the colonnade, and I did not come to any conclusion with regard to the roofing. The 

 ground falls away to the north-east, and the scarp is faced with stone. 



The next building to the south (No. 24) is set at a slightly different angle, and 

 appears to have been a house of five chambers, with roofs supported on two or three 

 rows of columns. The south end of it is covered with fallen stone from No. 25, but 

 in the plan I have completed the wall and added six columns of the southern chamber 

 and one column in the outer chamber to correspond with the north end. 



No. 25. — The next building (No. 25) is an important temple of the type of Nos. 17 

 and 18. The first terrace (k) is approached by a stairway with serpent-head balustrades. 

 On either side of this terrace are two small chambers with square columns in front, 

 the stone roofs of which have fallen. 



A second stairway leads to another terrace on which lies a much worn recumbent 

 statue similar to that at No. 18 (see Plate LXV., b). Beyond this is the temple itself 

 with two square serpent columns at the doorway. It is divided into two chambers, 

 each chamber having a row of four square columns down the middle. An altar of 

 stone slabs similar to that in No. 17, but supported on figures and small pillars 

 alternately, appears to have stood against the back wall. Now only the remains of the 

 slabs and figures can be seen sticking out of the mound. A chamber (1) can be 

 traced along the south side of the foundation, and this chamber is continued at right 

 angles in front of mound No. 26, which joins on to the south-east corner of No. 25. 

 On the top of No. 26 I could trace the foundations of a house with four columns in 

 front, but could not find any remains of the stairway by which it was approached. 

 The roof of chamber (I) probably formed a terrace in front of No. 26, and the approach 

 must almost certainly have been from this side. The whole of this part of the 

 structure is now such a tumbled mass of stone that I found it almost impossible to 

 trace the plan with anything like certainty. 



From the south side of No. 25, and in front of No. 26, there runs a colonnade 

 No. 27, which, judging from the number of portions of columns lying about, appears 

 to have been continuous; but I could not be sure of the original positions of all the 

 columns, and those of which I was not able to find the bases in position are marked 



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