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in advance of the stage itself. The width of the orchestra where it 
joins the proscenium is not more than sixty feet, and its depth about 
eighty. The depth of the whole space occupied by the seats is not 
more than forty feet. There are extensive remains of building which 
appear to have been attached to this theatre, on its eastern side : 
they seem to have inclosed public walks, and have been surrounded 
by porticoes, and strong w^alls of considerable height, in one of which 
a gate still remaining has been formed communicating directly with 
one of the principal roads. In the neighbourhood of the theatre we 
have last mentioned, there are still many statues above ground, 
in excellent style. One of these, from the representation of the 
Ammon’s head, and the eagles which ornament the armour, is pro- 
bably a statue of some one of the Ptolemies ; and near it is a 
female statue, one of the Cleopatras, Berenices, or Arsinoes, per- 
haps, of the family. 
We washed to have introduced a drawing which w^e made of the 
hgure first mentioned, the ornamental parts of which are beautifully 
executed ; but our limits will not allow of it. The head and limbs 
are wanting, but the trunk, clothed in armour, is a beautiful example 
of taste and execution. It is of white marble, much larger than life, 
as is also the female statue near it, of corresponding dimensions. 
There are several other statues above ground in this part of the 
city, in the best style of Grecian art ; and many good examples of 
Roman sculpture, or it may be Roman portraits, executed by Greek 
artists, which we should rather conclude from the excellence of the 
workmanship employed in them, and from the fact of Cyrene having 
