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Upon the walls are arranged, in the order in which 

 they were found in the Parthenon, various specimens of 

 sculpture, in high and low relief, but greatly mutilated, 

 but still enough is preserved to shew the great and un- 

 rivalled excellence of the Grecian sculptors. 



Nos. 1 to 1 6 are Metopes ornamenting the frieze of 

 the entablature surmounting the colonnade : they re- 

 present the battle between the Centaurs and the Athe- 



Nos. 17 to 90 composed the exterior frieze of the 

 Parthenon, which embellished the upper part of the 

 walls, within the colonnade, and was continued en- 

 tirely round the temple. They represent the sacred 

 procession which took place at . the great Pana- 

 thenaea ; a festival which was celebrated every fifth 

 year, at Athens, in honour of Minerva. 



No 92. The Heads of two of the Horses belonging to 

 the car of Hyperion. 



No. 95. Statue of Iris, messenger of the celestial 

 deities, represented in quick motion, as if in haste to 

 communicate to the distant regions of the earth the im- 

 portant intelligence of the birth of Minerva. 



No. 98. The Head of one of the Horses belonging to 

 the chariot of Night, which was represented as plung- 

 ing into the ocean. 



Round the Saloon, against the walls, are Fragments 

 of bas-reliefs, and Greek Inscriptions, but few of which 

 can be explained. Also Sepulchral Urns ; and Columns 

 from the various temples in Athens. 



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J. H. STARIE, PRINTER, 59, MUSEUM STREET. LONDON. 



