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after we came out of the Court of the Tem- 

 ple, which though of a more Artificial Frame 

 and Compofure than many I have feen, yet 

 is not worthy to ftop us in the way to things 

 both of greater Antiquity, and every way 

 more noble and worthy our Confideration. 

 Having therefore paft this, you have the Prof- 

 peft of fuch Magnificent Ruins, that if it be 

 lawful to frame a Conjeclure of the Original 

 Beauty of the Place, by what is ftill remain- 

 ing, I quellion fomewhat whether any City 

 in the World could have challenged Prece- 

 dence of this in its Glory. But it being im- 

 poflible as they now ftand to reduce them to 

 any regular Method, I muft be forced to give 

 you a rude Account of them as they came in 

 fight i and which will fall much fhort of the 

 Greatnefs and Statelinefs which they fiiew 

 to the Eye., 



Advancing then towards the 

 North, you have before you a very An Obe- 

 tall and ftately Oblisk or Pillar, hsk. 

 confifting of feven large Stones, be- 

 fides its Capital and a wreath'd Work above 

 it i the Carvings here, as in all other Places, 

 being extraordinary fine. The height of it 

 is above 50 Foot, and upon it I conceive may 

 have ftood a Statue, which the Turks^ zea- 

 lous Enemies of all Imagery, have thrown 

 down, and broken in pieces. 'Tis in com- 

 pafs, juft above the Pedeftal, 12 Foot and a 

 half. On each Hand of this, towards the 

 Eafl: and Weft, you fee two other large Pil- 

 lars, each a quarter of a Mile diftant from 

 you, which feem to have fome Correfpon- 

 dence one to the other* Aad there is a piece 



