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tall much- Abort of the Greatnefs and Statelinefs which 
they (hew to the Eye. 
Advancing then towards the North, you have before 
Au^obe- you a very tall and (lately Obelisk or Pillar, confifting 
^ * of feVen large Stones, befides its Capital and a wreathed 
Work above it the Carvings here, as in all other pla- 
ces, being extraordinary fine. The height of it is above 
fo Foot, and upon it I conceive may have flood a Sta- 
tue, which the Turks^ zealous Enemies of all Imagery, 
have thrown down, and broken in pieces. Tis in com- 
pafs, juft above the Pedeflal, 12 Foot and a half. On 
each hand of this, towards the Eaft and Weft, you fee 
two other large Pillars, each a quarter of a Mile diftant 
from you, which feem to have fome Correfpondence 
one to the other. And there is a piece of another ftand-^ 
ing near that of the Eaft, which would incline one to 
think there was once a continued row of them. The 
height of this to the Eaft: I took with my Quadrant , 
and conclude to be more than 41 Foot high, and the 
Circumference proportionable. Upon the Body thereof 
is the following Infcription. 
H BOYAH KAI O AHMOC AAIAAMGnA HANOT MOKIMOT 
TOT AIPANOT tot MA00A KAI AIPANHN TON HATCPA 
ATTOT G'TCeiBeiC KAI ^>IA0nATPIAAC K(AI) HANTI TPOn<y 
(6T)ceiMfi)C APGcANTAC TH HATPIAI KAI ITATPIOIC 
©eoiC T6IMHC XAPIN erOYC N T A> MHNOC HANAIKOT. 
I perfwade my felf it would be but loft Labour to 
fpend time in making Reflexions upon this or the fol- 
lowing Infcriptions, as for the Knowledge they may ex- 
hibit to the World, your own Conjeftures will more 
happily lead you unto it, than any thing I am like to 
fuggeft. It feems however pretty evident they were 
Free State, governed by a Senate and People, though 
perhaps under the Proteaiofl of greater Empires, the 
Farthiam^ 
