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fon only they deferve the notice of thofe that 

 Travel through fuch a thirfty Defart. The 

 Place to which we direded our Courfe was 

 called Efree^ where we arrived about eleven 

 a Clock, and fodnd to our great Satisfaftion, 

 that our Guide had not deceived us in his 

 Promife of excellent Water : Here we could 

 difcern the Foundations of a f^^acious City^ 

 and a piece of a thick Wall, built of a 

 chalky Stone, was ftanding : This wq judged 

 to be the remainder of a Caftle fituated on 

 the fide of the Hill, fo as both to defend and 

 command the City. On the top of the Hill, 

 above the Caftle, ftands the Ruins of a Fa- 

 brick, in appearance very Ancient, built of 

 very hard Stone, yet exceedingly worn by 

 the Weather *, 'tis of an oblong Figure, point- 

 ing near to the N. E. and S. W. with only 

 one Door on the Eafterly end, which was 

 once adorned with extraordinary good Car- 

 vings, of which there are ftill fome remains, 

 but the greatefl: part is either worn away, 

 or purpofely defaced i and thofe marks of an- 

 cient Beauty that remain are very obfcure, 

 and difficultly difcernable the outfide of the 

 Walls is beautified with Pilafters quite round, 

 with their Pedeftals and Capitals regular and 

 handfom ^ but the Roof is all fallen down, 

 and within appears nothing which looks ei- 

 ther great or beautiful. The Situation, and 

 placing the Door, hinders one from conje- 

 fturing it to have been a Chriftian Oratory, 

 or Chappel, and therefore in probability it 

 muft have been a Heathen Temple ^ and if 

 fo, then the piece of the Caftle Wall being 

 of a fofter Stone, muft be much more mp- 



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