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INCIDENTS OF TRAVEL. 



building represented in the engraving opposite. The 

 height of the structure on which it stands is one hundred 

 and ten feet on the slope. The engravings represent 

 the actual condition of the building, surrounded and 

 overgrown by trees, but no description and no draw- 

 ing can give effect to the moral sublimity of the spec- 

 tacle. From the multiplicity of engravings required to 

 illustrate the architecture and arts of this unknown peo- 

 ple, I have omitted a series of views, exhibiting the 

 most picturesque and striking subjects that ever pre- 

 sented themselves to the pencil of an artist. The ruins 

 and the forest made the deep and abiding impression 

 upon our minds ; but our object is to present the build- 

 ing as restored, as subjects for speculation and com- 

 parison with the architecture of other lands and times. 

 The supposed restorations were made after a careful ex- 

 amination, and in each case the reader will see precisely 

 what we had to guide us in making them. I must re- 

 mark, however, that the buildings are the only parts 

 which we attempted to restore ; the specimens of sculp- 

 ture and stuccoed ornaments were drawn as we found 

 them. 



