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culiar in its regularity of shape. Four grand stair- 

 cases, each twenty-five feet wide, ascended to an 

 esplanade within six feet of the top. This espla- 

 nade was six feet in width, and on each side was a 

 smaller staircase leading to the top. These stair- 

 cases are in a ruinous condition ; the steps are al- 

 most entirely gone, and we climbed up by means of 

 fallen stones and trees growing out of its sides. As 

 we ascended, we scared away a cow, for the wild 

 cattle roaming on these wooded wastes pasture on 

 its sides, and ascend to the top. 



