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seated, but it has disappeared for many years. On the 
right and left of these sacred characters,, are trains of 
females with their faces directed to the gods, to whom they 
are carrying gifts: we see also directors or regulators of the 
procession, among whom are the officers whose duty it was 
to receive the presents that were offered. These females 
appear to have headed the procession, and to have been 
followed by the victims, charioteers, horsemen, &c., both 
on the north and south sides of the temple, which toge- 
gether formed a procession up to the same point in two 
separate columns. Nos. 20 and 23 are casts in plaster, 
presented by F. Chantrey, Esq. The original of the latter 
is in the Royal Museum at Paris. The upper parts of two 
of the figures in No. 21, the legs and right arm of the 
youthful figure in No. 22, and the two figures placed under 
the latter number, are also of plaster, from moulds made 
before the destruction of these figures, which took place 
before the marbles came into the possession of Lord Elgin. 
(16, 17, 18, 18*, 19, 20, A 100, 21.) 
Nos. 25—46. A portion of the same frieze, taken from 
the north side of the temple. No. 25 is a fragment of a 
much larger slab; it represents two of the Metceci, or 
strangers, who settled at Athens, and were allowed to take w 
part in the procession. They carry on their shoulders a 
kind of tray filled with cakes and other articles. The re¬ 
mainder of this part of the frieze represents charioteers 
and horsemen. Among the latter are seven slabs, (Nos. 37 
—43,) which, whether we consider the elegance of the 
com positions, or the spirit with which the figures of the 
men and horses are executed, present us with the highest 
effort of the art of sculpture in the class of low relief. 
No. 46 having been placed at the south-west corner of the 
temple, the figure sculptured at the end of it belongs.to that 
part of the procession which decorated the west end of the 
cella. It is repeated in plaster, that the wffiole of the 
western frieze may be seen by the spectator at one view. 
(22, 24, 23, 34, 98, 177*, 35, 35 * 37, 178*, 36, 35**, 
38, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 38*, 32, 33.) 
No. 47- A single slab of the frieze from the west end of 
the temple. It represents two horsemen, one of whom 
is riding before the other, and seems to be in the act of 
urging his companion to quicken his pace. The direction 
