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architecture observed in the building-. We 
were struck with admiration at the massive 
structure and the simple grandeur of that part 
of the temple which still remains standing : it 
consists of three pieces only of the Naxian 
marble, two being placed upright, and one laid 
across. Below these are large square masses, 
which belonged to the threshold ; and this con- 
sisted of three pieces only 2 . The view through 
this portal, of the town of Naxos with its port, 
and part of the island, is very fine. We en- 
deavoured, by a sketch made upon the spot, to 
preserve a memorial of the scene ; and it has 
been since rendered more perfect, without 
interfering with the fidelity of the representa- 
tion 5 . The mountain seen to the left is pro- 
bably AIA, now called Z'ia, whence the island 
was formerly named. We brought away some 
large specimens of the marble, which lies in 
(2) Tournefort ascertained the dimensions of the portal: according 
to him, (see torn. I. Lett.\. d Lyon, 17 17.) it is eighteen feet high, and 
eleven feet three inches broad ; the lintel is four feet thick ; the two 
uprights are four feet thick, and three feet and a half broad. All the 
parts, he says, were cramped with copper; for he found small pieces of 
that metal among the ruins. 
(3) See the Plate in the Third Quarto Volume of these Travels, p.3<)8; 
from a Drawiaj by Mr. H. Wright, of Magdalen College, Cambridge. 
