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priated by the pilgrims to wash and bathe themselves 
with the water of Zemzem. 
The space which surrounds the Makam Hhaneffi is 
paved like the paths, and tapers like the tail of a fish 
to the great gallery behind it. 
The great court is circumscribed by four wings or 
porticos, supported by columns and pillars. It presents 
a parallelogram, the large sides of which, in the direc- 
tion of the E. 34§° N. to the W. 34|° S., are five 
hundred and thirty-six feet nine inches long; and the 
small ones, in the direction of the N. 34J° W. to the 
S. 34§° E., are three hundred and fifty-six feet broad. 
The fronts of each of the longest sides present 
thirty-six arches, and the shortest ones twenty-four 
arches, which are slightly pointed, They are supported 
by columns of grayish marble, of different propor- 
tions, but which in general appear to approach the 
Doric. 
Instead of a column between every fourth arch, there 
is an octangular pilaster of hewn stone, about three 
feet in diameter. 
Each side of the great gallery is composed of three 
naves, or rows of arches, which are, with the exception 
of some partial irregularities, all equally supported by 
columns; so that there may be counted more than five 
hundred columns and pilasters, which support the 
galleries or porticos of the temple. 
The capitals of the columns which form the four 
fronts of the court are very fine, although they do not 
belong to either of the five orders of architecture; but 
the capitals of the columns of the interior of the gallery 
are all either of the corinthian or composite. I observed 
some carved in the most exquisite manner. 
Their bases are almost all attic. There are some that 
