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is so ruined, that we shall give no further details of it than we have 
offered to our readers, merely stating, that its form appeared to have 
been round, in which particular it differs from amphitheatres in gene- 
ral, which are usually of an oblong figure. The diameter of the 
circle may be reckoned at about two hundred and fifty Enghsh feet, 
including the cunei and arena. 
The remains marked {a) are the same which Bruce describes as 
those of an Ionic temple ; there is nothing, however, (that we can 
perceive) in the disposition of what still exists of their plan, to autho- 
rize such a conclusion ; and we have considered them as the remains 
of a palace, or other residence of more than ordinary importance. 
The three remaining columns appear to have formed part of a co- 
lonnade extending itself round the court-yard, which has already been 
described as situated above an extensive range of cisterns : remains 
of tessellated pavement are still observable in the court-yard, and the 
walls which inclose it are very decided ; the columns have been raised 
on a basement of several feet in height, as will be seen in the vignette 
in which they are represented. Without these, to the northward, 
are ranges of fallen columns of much larger dimensions than those we 
have just mentioned ; but they are so much encumbered, that we 
have not ventured to lay them down in the plan : they are of the 
Corinthian order, and the capitals are well executed. A little beyond 
these, to the northward and north-eastward, are other remains of 
columns, which once belonged to a building of some importance, the 
plan of which cannot be given without excavation ; and, indeed, we 
may observe, with respect to the numerous masses of fallen columns. 
