li2 NiRKATÏVE OP A JOüRNE-i* 



and smootb. Tlie onlj opening is in ibis EaF» 

 tern door, op po si te to wbich is a grand Altar, 



wliich ülls üp the wliole of the West side. 



li.-~The Altar is formed with a resrular base 

 or pedestal and terminated by a neat corner ; 

 steps lead up on each side to the wall and tbence 

 inwards to the body of the Altar. Light is 

 tbrown into the Area by a lateral opening 

 above, The vault of the apartment is octago- 

 ïial;, formed by crossin^ the four angles of the 

 square with other stones transversely. — On look- 

 ing up, the mind is struck with awe and terror, as 

 nothing appears to retain thé stones which bulge 

 out, and threaten to overwhelm the curious en- 

 quirer amidst their ruins, from a height at least 

 of sixty feet. 



12. — On the eastern side was a doublé portal, 

 the outer of which had arcades, ornamented in 

 the same manner as the west, or first we entered. 



13. — The weather now getting rainy, I could 

 not examine these interesting ruins so minutely 

 as thev merited : the northern and eastern ave- 

 nues of smaller Temples, were therofore not so 

 serupulously examined as I wisbed ; most of 

 Ihem are damaged, some rent, others half tum- 

 bled in^ exhibiting a confused mass of stones and 



