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i 'Tis a little dbubtful whether atT6> (hould not rather 
be jtiade attoic; or elfe there muft be a fault in the 
Vtrrb, and all thofe but the Names of one Perlon. The 
other Monument on the other fide of the way is 
very nnuch like this; only the Front and Entrance are 
towards the North, and 'tis not altogether fo Polite, nor 
lb well Painted. But the Carvings are as good, and it 
&ews altogether as Stately and Magnificent as the for- 
mer. Befides, it has the Advantage in Age of a whole 
Century of Years: As appears from the Date of the 
following Infcription. 'Tis placed above a Nich in the 
Front, adorned with handfom Borders and Cornifhes ; 
the place, doubtlefs, of fome Statue, and probably that 
of the Founder. 
MNHM6ION Alc^NION TGPAC a>KOAOMHC€N 
riXOC MOKIMOT TOT KAIAKIAACICOT TOT 
MA......OT 6ICT6 6ATTON KAI TIOTC KAI 
^rrONOTC 6TOTC AIT MHNei ^ANAlK^c,. 
This is the moft Ancient Infcription I met with in 
tadmor, the '^i^th. Year from the Death of Alexander 
the Great, preceding the Birth of our Saviour about 
Ten Years. The other alfo is betweeh ao and 30 Yczri 
before the Reiga of Hadrian^ and confecjuently before 
the Romans got footing here. And from thefe fumptu- 
ous Strudures , and thefe coftly Maufolaa^ we may 
reafonably conclude, they were a Potent and Opulent 
People, before they became Subjeft to Romans^ and 
were not obliged to chemlbr their Greatnefs. 
And now I believe I have wearied you fufficientiy by 
leading you up and down the Ancient and Famous City 
of Tadmor, and giving you fo dry an Account of our 
Employment there. After four days ftay we returned, 
not the way that we came, but proceeding Eaft ward to- 
w^ards the River £flf^/"4/^i. In our way to which, the 
third 
