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fimilar to that at Thebes; that is, it had the head of a Ram. 
(Book IV,) 
In the time of Strabo, about four hundred and fifty years after 
Herodotus, the Temple was almofl deferted ; as the Oracle was. 
grown out of fafliion« 
• It is probable that fome remains either of the triple wall, or 
of the Temple, may be found at this day ; although the mate- 
rials may have undergone a different kind of arrangement. The 
tranfport of the materials acrofs the Defart could only have been 
accompliflied by the ftrong impulfe of fuperftition: and being 
once colleded, nothing but a like caufe could remove them. 
See-wah appears to be the neareil tovm to this Oafis ; and is 
probably not more than fix days journey on the North Eail of 
it: the fprino", together v/ith the ruins of the Temple, and the 
triple wall, might afcertain the fpot, if the ciuiofity of the pre- 
,fent age demanded it. 
March, 1790. 
