428 EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 
c, Niche^ having the same destination as that 
marked a, 
d, Turrets. 
e, e. Buttresses. 
/. Principal door of the mosque. 
g, g. Small doors of the mosque. 
hy h. Limit of the examined parts. 
i, i. Pillars decorated with a particular kind of 
ornament. See pi. V. fig. 2. 
k, k. Interior fa9ade, with an ornament e)i 
chevron, represented in pi. V. fig. 3. 
Z. Very ancient part of the mosque ; the arcades 
supported by these pillars are smaller than 
the new arcades on the east. 
m. Traces of the ancient inclosure. 
Fig. 2. View of the mosque taken from the E. N. E., 
on a double scale. 
PI. V. I, 2, 3. Details of the great mosque of Timhuctoo, 
4, 5. Plan and front of the house of Sidi-Ab- 
dallah-Chebir, in which M, Cailli^ re- 
sided. 
Fig. I . A wall forming part of the ancient mosque. 
See the point a, pi. IV. fig. 1. 
Fig. 2. Interior decorations^ attached to the pillars. 
See the points i, i, i, pi. IV. 
Fig. 3, Ornament of the wall. See points k, ky 
pi. IV. 
Fig. 4. Plan of Sidi-Abdallah-Chebir's house. 
a. Principal entrance. 
Z>. Situation of the staircase. 
