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their Capitals of moft exquifite Carved 

 Work i as alfo rnufl have been the Corniflies 

 between them, before by Rude and Super- 

 ftitious Hands they were broken down. Of 

 thefe there are now no more than 58 remain- 

 ing entire; but there muft have been a great 

 many more, for they appear to have gone 

 quite round the whole Court, and to have 

 Supported a moft fpacious double Piazza or 

 Cloyfter. Of this Piazza the Walks on the 

 Weft fide, which is oppofed to the Front of 

 the Temple, feem to have exceeded the o- 

 ther in Beauty and Spacioufnefs ; and at each 

 end thereof are two Niches for Statues at 

 their full length, with their Pedeftals, Bor- 

 ders, Supporters, and Canopies, carved with 

 the greateft Artifice and Curiofity. The 

 Space within this once Beautiful Enclofure, 

 which is now filled with nothing but the 

 dirty ^^uts of the Inhabitants, I conceive to 

 have been an open Court, in the midft where- 

 of ftands the Temple, encompafs'd with ano- 

 ther row of Pillars of a different Order, and 

 much higher than the former, being above 

 50 Foot high. Of thefe remain now but 16^ 

 but there muft have been about double that 

 Number, which whether they enclofed an 

 inner Court, or fupported the Roof of a 

 Cloyfter, there being nothing now of a Roof 

 remaining, is uncertain. Only one great 

 Stone lies down, which feems to have reached 

 from thefe Pillars to the Walls of the Tem- 

 ple. The whole Space contained within thefe 

 Pillars we found to be 59 Yards in Length, 

 and ia Breadth near 28. In the midft of 

 which Space is the Temple^ extending in 

 " Length 



