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the cavity intended for the reception of the iron CHAP. 
instrument called by modern architects the 
Louis 1 ; either as a mark by which to adjust the 
several parts of the shaft, or as a curious 
method of preserving the initial of the archi- 
tect's name ; so that it could not be seen until 
the building became a ruin. An instance of a 
similar nature occurred at Telmessus, where the 
name of Hermolycus had been carefully inscribed, 
but in such a manner as to be concealed from 
observation when the building was entire : this 
letter may therefore possibly relate to Amphi- 
locluis, " the glory of whose art," in an inscrip- 
tion found at Rhodes 8 , was said " to reach to 
the mouths of the Nile, and to the utmost Indus" 
The entrance to the interior is of very singular 
form, being as wide as one entire side of the 
Castle. It is truly lamentable to view the 
wreck of beautiful sculpture, visible not only in 
the construction of this fortress, but all over the 
town of Parechia, the wretched remnant of a 
city famous for the birth of Phidias and of 
(1) The name of this dove-tmled instrument is in general use 
among 1 architects ; but it is not found in any English Dictionary. Its 
origin is very uncertain : the French call the same instrument LOUVK. 
Piranesi, in his third volume of the " Magnificenza di Romct," men- 
tions having found stones in antient buildings in which there were 
cavities for an instrument of this dove-tailed shape. 
(2) See Vol. 111. of these Travels, Chap. VIII. p. 284. Octavo 
edition, 
