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upon one anothers Shoulders-, over his Head there is an Idol, that rcprefents a 
Man with Wings, his body through a ring, and fitting upon an Arch j behind 
the Chair of the Man that fits, there is a fervant holding a kind of Chalice, 
Two Build- Next to thefe Buildings, you find two others, and their Doors adorned with 
jngs. Figures much like to thofe I have already defcribed. On fome are Men holding 
Pikes i on others you (ball fee an old Man with a fervant coming after him, and 
carrying a kind of Umbrello over his Head: in fine, there are Fights rcprefented 
on fome of them. 
Another Ter- When you come out of thefe Buildings, you find a Terrafs diredly oppofite to 
rafs. to that which I have mentioned, which puts a period to the firft rank of Build- 
ings, and is of the fame contrivance j there alfo are to be fcen feveral round Bafes 
it buts upon the fame open place, that is at the Foot of the other, and into which, 
(I told you,) one may go down by a pair of Stairs cut out of the Rock, that is be- 
twixt thefe two TerrafTes. 
You muft then go back again by all thefe Buildings, till you come to the firft of 
this fécond rank, out of which you come on the Eaji fide, in the fame manner as 
you did when you came from the firft -Buildings to thefe : and you come to other 
Two Build- Buil(^ings, where you fee on the Jains cff the Doors Figures in Demi-relief, 
i°gs- much like to thofe you faw in the former: (that is to fay,) ©n fome. Men with 
Pikes, and on others, Combats reprefented in very great Figures i on feveral of 
them alfo,there is a Man fitting in a Chair, but the Figures about,fomewhat different 
from thofe of the other Buildings > for thefe (in fOme places,) have feveral perfons 
before and behind, that look towards the Man ■, and of thofe who are behind 
him, one holds a Croiier over his Head. Over all there is a winged Idol, fuch as 
I have defcribed ■■, under the Feet of it there are five Ranges of b igures two Foot 
high, which make fo many ranks of little Arches, by laying their Arms upon one 
anothers Shoulders. In one of the Fronts of one of thefe laft Buildings, there 
is but one perfon behind the Man that is fitting, who holds a Crefier over his 
Three Build- Head -, the winged Idol is the fame, but hath only three ranges of little Arches 
ings. under its Feet. 
In fine, after you have çonfidered all thefe different Fabricks, or (to fay more 
properly, ) all thefe ruins, you are to go ftreight to the Hill, which fronts to the 
Wejl^ and there you fee a kind of Frontifpiece of a Temple, cut in the Rock, and 
two ftorieshigh, of which the lowermoft hath five Fathom in Front, and about 
two in height i this is the order of it. There are four Pillars that reach from the 
Ground to the top of this firft Frontifpiece, their Capitals on each fide, being the 
The Frontif. Bufi^ (that is to fay,) the Head and Neck of an Ox. In the middle of thefe Pillars, 
piece of a wit,) betwixt the fécond and third, there is an Oblong fquare Door, about a 
Temple. Fathorn high, and three Foot wide, though it opens not fo high, by a third part, 
' bccaufe the reft of the opening is only a counterfeit upon the Rock : thefe Pillars 
fupport an Architrave refembling much the Dorick Order, and at feveral di- 
ftances there are Lions all along it. Over this firft part of the Frontifpiece, 
The fécond there is a fécond, a Fathom and a half high, and of the fame breadth, but of 
Frontifpiece. ^^^^^^ odd Architeéture > for below, there are two ftories of Arches, made up of 
the figures of Men, about two Foot high a piece, holding their Arms upon 
one anothers Shoulders : in the middle above, there is the Idol of a winged 
Man, in the pofture that we have already reprefented i upon five fteps on the 
Right Hand, there is another Man Praying to him ; and on the Left there is 
a Pedeftal, on which nothing is to befeen, but a Globe on the top -, at the two 
extremities there is a piece of a round very fmooth Pillar, which carries the Head 
of a Bull i and lower on each fide of that fécond range, there are two Men one 
above another, the lowermoft reftingonthe firft rank, and each of them holding 
a Pike. There is no going in at the Door below, becaufe it is always full of 
water, but a little farther towards the Souths there is a like Frontifpiece with juft 
fuch another Door, into which one may enter -, and there you fee three Sepulchres 
cut in the Rock, which are fquare, and have a pretty near refemblance to the 
Sepulchres în Bafons of a Fountain \ and in the middle of this Cave there is a ftone that feems 
the Rock. to be a Grave-ftone. 
Thus you have a full account of that which is called Tfchehel-minar that makes 
fo much noife : it is hard to give an exaâ: defcription of itj it may be faid in ge- 
neral, that it confifts chiefly in three Ranges of Buildings, behind oce another from 
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