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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



the same accuracy as the other drawings, the front be- 

 ing in a more ruined condition. It stands on an arti- 

 ficial elevation of an oblong form, forty feet high, three 

 hundred and ten feet in front and rear, and two hun- 

 dred and sixty feet on each side. This elevation was 

 formerly faced with stone, which has been thrown down 

 by the growth of trees, and its form is hardly distin- 

 guishable. 



The building stands with its face to the east, and 

 measures two hundred and twenty-eight feet front by 

 one hundred and eighty feet deep. Its height is not 

 more than twenty-five feet, and all around it had a broad 

 projecting cornice of stone. The front contained four- 

 teen doorways, about nine feet wide each, and the in- 

 tervening piers are between six and seven feet wide. 

 On the left (in approaching the palace) eight of the piers 

 have fallen down, as has also the corner on the right, 

 and the terrace underneath is cumbered with the ruins. 

 But six piers remain entire, and the rest of the front is 

 open. 



The engraving opposite represents the ground-plan 

 of the whole. The black lines represent walls still 

 standing ; the faint lines indicate remains only, but, in 

 general, so clearly marked that there was no difficulty 

 in connecting them together. 



The building was constructed of stone, with a mortar 

 of lime and sand, and the whole front was covered with 

 stucco and painted. The piers were ornamented with 

 spirited figures in bas-relief, one of which is represented 



