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Eight, at the Middle Eleven, and at the Bottom Six 
and half. 
Before we proceed any farther, a natural Obfer- 
vation will occur, in what Manner the Antients (that 
ufed Cremation, and all Nations of that way of 
Burial) cxpreffcd their Regard for the Deceafed •, and 
this plainly appears from the Strufture of the Bar- 
rows or Tumuli , particularly N° in.' which is not 
only compofed of foreign Earth, but of Stones 
brought from fo many and fo different Places s for, 
in erecting thefe Tumuli , the greater the Charge or 
Trouble, the greater muft be the Refped due to their 
Princes or Generals. Thus each Soldier or Friend 
might bring fome of the Earth or Stones from diftant 
Places, where they lived, or were ftationed, to com- 
pote the Tumulus , which generally was in pro- 
portion to the Greatnefs, Rank, or Power of the 
Deceafed. Many Pafiages might be repeated from 
Authors of different Nations ; but a few will not be 
tedious: Thus Horace, [ Lib. I . Ode 2 8. Carm.~] 
Quanquam fejlinas , non eft mora longa j licebit 
lnjetlo ter pulvere curras. 
Thus, again, we find Achilles , in Homer , com- 
plaining, how fmall a Tumulus he had made for his 
beloved Tatroclus , [_IHad. T. v. 245.] 
T vjji&QV F’ b ^caAct ttoAAoj/ eyco 7rovU&C ccvuTx, 
‘AAA’ e'&ri&Kex t otov, &C. 
That thefe Tumuli were created by pouring on 
Earth, or heaping up Stones, is plain from the Words 
fo frequent in Homer , [ Homer, Iliad. T. v. 257.] 
, %euccy 1 es tAs (A fix j and ^g ga-iv in the 
Anthol . 
