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Length more than 33 Yards, and in Breadth 

 13 or 14. It points North and South, ha- 

 ving a moft Magnificent Entrance on the 

 Wefb, exaftly in the middle of the Building, 

 , which by the fmall Remains yet to be feen, 

 feems to have been one of the moft glorious 

 Structures in the World. I never faw Vines 

 and clufters of Grapes cut in Stone, lb Bold, 

 fo Lively, and fo Natural, in any Place : 

 And we had doubtlefs feen things abun- 

 dantly more curious, if they had not beeni 

 malicioufly broken to pieces. Juft over the 

 Door we could make a Ihift to difcern part 

 of the Wings of a large Spread-Eagle, ex- 

 tending the whole widenefs thereof. The 

 largenefs whereof led me at firft to imagine it 

 might have been rather a Cherub over-fliadow- 

 iug the Entrance, there being nothing of 

 the Body remaining to guide ones Judgment, 

 and fome little Angels or Cupids appear ftill 

 in the corners of the fame Stone. But af- 

 terwards feeing other Eagles upon Stones 

 that were fallen down, I conclude this muft 

 have been one likewife, only of a much lar- 

 ger fize. Of this Temple there is nothing 

 at prefent but the outward Walls ftanding^ 

 in which it is obfervable, that as the Win- 

 dows were not large, fo they were made 

 narrower towards the top, than they were 

 below, but all adorned with excellent Car» 

 vings. Within the Walls^ the Turks^ or 

 more probably the Mamahkfs^ have built a 

 Roof, which is fupported by fmall Pillars and 

 Arches ^ but a great deal lower, as well as 

 in all other refpecls difproportionate and in- 

 ferior to what the A^cieflt Coycrijig muft 

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