SOG PELOPONNESUS. 
CHAP, into the triangular cavity above the lintel, that 
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we might look down into the area of this inner 
chamber ; but here it was too dark to discern 
any thing. Being afraid to venture into a place 
of unknown depth, we collected and kindled a 
fagot of dry bushes, and, throwing this in a 
blaze to the bottom, we saw that \ve might 
easily leap down and examine the whole cavity. 
The diameter of the circular chamber is sixteen 
yards ; but the dimensions of the square 
apartment do not exceed nine yards by seven. 
We did not measure the height of the dome ; 
but the elevation of the vertex of the cone, 
from the floor in its present state, is said to be 
about seventeen yards 1 . 
After leaving this sepulchre, the Cyclopean 
walls of MYCENJE, extending to a short distance 
in a parallel projection from the entrance to the 
Citadel, pointed out to us the approach to the 
gate on this side ; which is built like Stonehenge, 
with two uprights of stone, and a transverse 
entablature of the same massive construction. 
Abover this is a triangular repository similar to 
those already described within the tomb ; but 
(0 See GclCs Kin. of Greece, p. 30. Land. 1810. 
