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bad been certain ornaments which could not wcH 

 ))e determined, and tlie form of the snrmount- 

 ing crown was entirely hid ; four more of these 

 Teraples were passed before we reached the 

 stairs leading to the central edince^ over a kind of 

 moat or ditch, evidentlv of latter time : bv 5 or 6 

 steps we ascended into a Porch, in front of 

 which was an Arcade of 3 Arches, pointed 

 ^nd border^^d like the stile called Gothic or 

 Arabic. The central Acch had a kind of xAltar 

 carved with an urn^ flowers and several other 

 embleras ; near these, two resembled the figures 

 of the Chank ; others a crooked dagger, such as 

 we sometimes meet in these countries, The two 

 side Arches were ornamented above in like man- 

 ner; the sidesof the portal had also three Archea, 

 but no opening in any, excepting one to i\\Q. South 

 through which we passed roiind to the Sonth 

 side, where another avenue of ruinous Temples 

 leads to a Gateway, in which four moreGi2:antic 

 Porters are placed ; and then bj two other 

 Arches to the Eastern entrance, whence by eight 

 steps up to the body of the Temple, which is a 

 square apartment of about thirty-two ^e^i high; 

 above this the vault rises about thirty-two feet 

 more^ formed iu steps, all of stone, neatly cut, 

 but now ready to tumblein; the walls plaia 



