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building. Lusieri believed that it had been the 
original design of the architect to raise those 
figures to a greater elevation than that in which 
they were viewed even before the accumulation 
of the soil. Stuart has been so explicit in the 
description of the building and every thing re- 
lating to it, that he has left nothing to be added 
by other travellers'. It seems the Christians 
once made use of it as a church; and their 
establishment has been succeeded by that of a 
college of Dervishes, who here exhibit their 
peculiar dance. Probably it was one of the 
sacred structures of the antient city ; and, as a 
place of religious worship, served for other 
purposes than that of merely indicating the 
direction of the Winds, the Seasons, and the 
Hours. The author of the Arch&ologia Gr&ca 
seems to have entertained this opinion, by 
calling it, after Wheler, a Temple of the Eight 
Winds 2 . 
We then went to the bazar, and inspected the 
market. The shops are situate on the two sides 
of a street lying to the north of the Acropolis, 
which is close and parallel to the wall and 
(1) Antiquities of Athens, vol. III. c.3. Land. 1762. 
(2) Archaeol. Crec. vol. I. c. 8. p. 35. Land. 1751. 
