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places they have bored into the solid mass, 'r 
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and subterraneous passages, svhich, from tn 
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left witliout adequate support, frequently bury the [jiif 
in the rubbish. In all these excavations, v^alis 
brick, laid in lime mortar of a very good quality oil 
and, in addition to the 
substances generally stre'V 
surfaces of all these mounds, we here iind Itag , 
alabaster vessels, fine earthenware, marble, J 
quantities of varnished tiles, the glaxing and coo 
svhtcJi are surprisingly firesh. In a hollow near tbe^ | 
part Mr. Rich found a sepulchral uin of earthen" 
had been broken in digging, and near it lay suiu*- ^ ^ 
bones, which pulverized with the touch. r.,e nO-5 ' 
Not more than two hundred yards from the ^ 
extremity of the above mound is a ravine 
those who dig tor bricks, in length nearly a houut®^^ 
and thirty feet wide, by forty or fifty deep. On 
it a few yards of wall remain standing, the face o ^ 
very clean and perfect, and which appears to 
front of some building. The opposite side is so eonh’ _^ 
of rubbish, that it should seem tlie ravine had b^’’ 
through a .solid building. Under the foundat*' 
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southern end an opening is made, which 
terraneous passage seven feet in height, and "’’U 
south, floored and walled with large brick, laid I si' 
and covered over with pieces of sand-stone, n 
and several yards long, on which the whole P [j|iqi’' 
great as to have given a considerable degree ot ?. 
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the side walls of the passage. I'he superstructute^^^|. Siipy 
with bitumen, other parts of the ravine with niut 
bricks have all writing on them. The uottheru^^j^jiy^jii 
ravine appears to have been crossed by an 'j 
through in 
wall of yellowish brick, cemented with a 
mortar, which has been broken through ii; “ 
out : and a little to the north is sculptured o /■‘‘’f-'i oijjf 
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dimensions, standing on a pedestal, of a coarse ^ cil’' 
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granite, and of rude workmanship ; in the mpuu ^ 
aperture, into which a man may introduce his 
The next considerable mass to that of Amrap^ jj iP . 
or Palace, as it is called by the natives, an“‘ ^ 
scribed by Mr. Rich. uliP*’ 
“ It is a very remarkable ruin, which, b®'®® 
