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ciety, as I believe, it hiated at a Summary 

 Delineation^ which might be performed by 

 a Man qualified in a few Days^ taking his 

 own opportunity for the avoiding much Ex- 

 pence, (which you know they are never 

 able to bear:) So I cannot but think Mr. 

 Flower conceived it to be a Bufinefs much 

 eafier to perform than he found it upon the 

 Place, where he Spent a great deal of Time 

 and Mony, and dying Suddainly after, left 

 his Draughts and Papers difperfed in fever- 

 al Hands, one part whereof you have here^ 

 the reft its hoped may in fome Time b? 

 recovered, if Sir John Chardinh exaft and 

 accurate Publication of the entire Work 

 do not put a period to all further Curio- 

 fity, which I heartily wifh. 



jin ExaEl Draught or Co fy of the fever al Cha^ 

 raBers engravm in Marble at the Mountains 

 i^f Nodureftand and Chahelminar in Per- 

 fia, as they were taken i« November 1667* 

 By Mr. S. Flower. 



N I. Ni. Thefe two Charaders are en- 

 graven on the Breaft of two Horfes cut 

 out of the Mountain of Black Marble at 

 NoBureftand^ diftant a League from ChaheU 

 manarey or the Ancient Perfepolis^ one where- 

 of is faid to be j4lexander% the other 

 Rufiram\ X^a, Famous Hero fup]X)fed to have 

 lived about the time of Cambifes.^ Mr. FL 



N I. This Character hath fome Simili- 

 tude with the Ancient Hebrew, but the 

 Terfims would have it their own, tho' they 

 underftand aot a Letter. Mr. F. 



