l8 NARRATVIE OF A JÖURNEy 



n'd, aboütorie and a half or two miles ; the beaf-* 

 ers waded throiigb mire, and the passage was at 

 tj'mes so narrow aod deep as to oblïg'e iis to gei 

 out of the Chair repeatedlj/. Arrived near a vil- 

 lagCj we were condiicted throiigh a field across a 

 stoiie iïiclosure^ which noW eichihited various 

 specimens of ancient remains in chiselled stones. 

 The first object that attractcd riiy notice here 

 was a gigaiilic ügure such as We had seen yester- 

 daj^ 00 bis knees^ looking to the east^ on a 

 pedestai ; the countenance strongly marked^ re- 

 sembling a Negro, with great ejes, prominent 

 Nose and lips^ teeth exposed or rather grinning. 

 The Hair curled and the hcad surrounded by a 

 Bandeau with ornaments ; the ciirls seemed 

 Kuicb to resemble those of the Persian figures at 

 Persepolis; in it§ right hand it held or rather lean- 

 ed on a club or mail, in its left it grasped some- 

 thing like a snake ; the belly prominent, a belt 

 round it, a Necklace of Pearls or large beads 

 roundits neck, and richjewels in ils eais, the fea- 

 tures well delineated in hard dark sloüc ; its 

 teeth seemed as grinning; directly oppositc, ifs 

 fellow wasfound thrown down prostrate, broken 

 from its Pedestai— the height kneeling may be 

 scven fcet. — This positiou naturally made me 



