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to a large arched vault, of the most admirable chap. 
masonry. The author had the pleasure to ' 
descend into this remarkable sepulchre. Its 
mouth was half filled with earth ; yet, after 
passing the entrance, there was sufficient space 
for a person to stand upright. Farther, towards 
the interior, the area was clear, and the work 
perfectly entire. The material of which the 
masonry consisted was a white crumbling 
tophus, of limestone, such as the country now 
affords, filled with fragments of minute shells. 
Whether it be the work of Milesians, or of any 
other colony of Greece, the skill used in its 
construction is evident. The stones of the sides 
are all square, perfect in their form, and put 
together without cement. The roof exhibits 
the finest turned arch imaginable, having the 
whiteness of the purest marble. An interior 
vaulted chamber is separated from the outer 
by means of two pilasters, swelling out wide 
towards their bases, and placed, one on each 
side, at the entrance; the inner chamber being 
the larger of the two. 
Concerning every thing found in this tomb, it 
is perhaps not possible to obtain information. 
One article alone, that was shewn to us by 
General Vanderweyde at Taman, may give an 
idea of the rank of the person originally there 
