I'll 
Vr?''’S straw or reeds 
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► kTT leaked in the sun, in 
■ tliem closer, and to make them more iirm 
'•■n fact, ^v■as also^ used^in Egypt, as may be inferred 
■■ 7i ’ 
tv I ‘15 may oe inierreci 
s-of- Pharaoh commands tJie task- 
'>/u '''■ of 11 cuuimanus me tasK- 
V ^ iri'i oppressed Israelites mt io give them slra-w to 
kii., M. in order to multiply their vexatioro. and in- 
A 
^*ct (q’S of tne jtiaDy.onian oncKS, ana their variety, in 
M ‘ tl hardness, Mr. Rich informs us, 
Souoral size of the kiln-burnt brick is thirteen 
V'''ioi ’^’ree 'hick : there are some of half these 
iJ'JSp^ "t>d a few of dilferent sliape.s for particular 
^, <114 ”^^" rounding corners, &c. They are of se- 
i'ii odours,- white, approaching more or less to 
,'1|„ cacr t;i.-„ c, 1 , ...S . • , , 
"li,|„,’ hke our Stourbridge, or fire-brick, which 
‘i '‘‘St 4’! *'*^0 our ordinary brick, which is the 
^['’Til some which have a blackish ca.st, and are 
tv b,iL; Jhe sun--dried brick i.s considerably larger than 
''It) t *“ general looks like’ a thick 
» 'y rs| 
oarlh, in which are°seen small broken reeds. 
1 ' ill I-k"'’’"'’ obvious purpo.se of binding 
. tis, ‘-'O manner the flat roots of ihe Imns 
Cf • . reofs of the houses of Rag° 
' t "h with a composition of earth and mortar, 
Si ('ll chopped straw.” At the Bits Nemroud, 
'h ^ some fire-burnt bricks, which appeared to 
, '^."^rae materials in their compo.sition. I'he best 
met with are those which compose the 
‘ipiti 'he ka.sr, or palace, our autlior 
■'Specimens of art ; for, in addition 
generally strewed on Ihe surface.s of ail 
V ■i'Wa.L'’’ fragments of alabaster vessels, fine 
nuirble, and great quantities of varnj.shed 
and colouring of which arc surprisingly 
V'^ hr 
making potteiy to moulding figures i 
ll'^of “hriciilt; but the designs in biuss, and th 
tia > le figures, must have required much greatci 
in 
the 
‘lab 
>Our. 
RUINS OF PEllSEPOLIS. 
*^iiis'^-”“ feature, on a first approach to these 
IS the staircase and its surroundins 
B b 
walls. 
