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their work. Along the base of the slab appears a line of guards, like 
those above. 
54. Fragment of a series from another part of the same hall, repre^ 
senting the moving of some weighty piece of sculpture. The lower 
portion, and part of the right side, have perished. At the top is seen 
a piece of water, abounding with fish; two small boats, and a rait 
formed of four timbers, each bear men with blocks of wood, or other 
objects required for the operations. To the extreme right is a shore 
overgrown with reeds, and along the middle of the slab a row, of fir- 
trees. Below these are men drawing probably a colossal bull, repre¬ 
sented on the lost portion of the slab. Four rows of them are seen, 
each dragging a thick cable, to which they are lashed by ropes. Above 
the highest row is the driver plying his stick ; and immediately behind, 
three overseers with their right iiands extended, and in their left 
truncheons. Below these are five men placing rollers before the sledge. 
55. Fragment from a series in the same chamber, representing the 
removal of a colossal bull. Along the upper part runs a river or lake, 
in which are three boats, bearing each four men, with objects prob¬ 
ably required for the erection of the bull. In the water appear two 
fishermen, seated astride on inflated skins, each drawing up a fish with 
hook and line; abundance of other fish surround them, one of which 
is devoured by a crab. On the shore below this is a row of fir-trees. 
Below them are seen a line of porters, carrying various articles in their 
hands,—weapons, vessels, blocks of w^ood, saws, picks, spades, &c. 
Behind are tw^o carts, each drawm by two eunuchs, and bearing ropes 
and wooden spars. To the left, below the row' of porters, are four over¬ 
seers with hands extended ; behind them is the bull on a sledge. Stand¬ 
ing on the top of it are three syiperintendents, the first extending his arms, 
apparently giving directions, the second clapping his hands, and the third 
holding his speaking-trumpet at his side. In front are seen the upper 
portions of three men, placing rollers, the bottom of the slab, on 
which the rest was sculptured, having been lost. The progress of the 
sledge is assisted by a large lever, worked like that on No. 52. Over 
the lever appear five porters, one bearing a saw and two axes, two 
others carrying forked props for supporting the scaffolding on the sides 
of the buii, vvhen raised; a fourth with a long spar, and a fifth wdth 
ropes. At the right extremity of the slab are three more carts, with 
ropes and spars; and beneath them, tw'o men supporting the forepart 
of an enormous pole, probably a spare lever. 
56. Another slab from the same chamber, belonging to another 
similar series. In the upper part is a dense jungle of reeds, disposed 
ill two horizontal lines; in the higher appear tw'o does; in the lower, a 
wild sow with her young, and a stag. Below, near the centre of the 
slab, is the king, Sennacherib, in a richly-ornamented chariot, drawn by 
two eunuchs, supporting the pole, w'hich terminates in a carved horse’s 
head. Behind him walk two other eunuchs, bearing his parasol and 
fly-flapper, and followed by three attendants with maces. Six attend¬ 
ants, also with maces, precede the chariot. The lower part of the slab 
has perished; but the upper portion of several men carrying forked 
props, ropes and spars, and amongst them, a cart w ith cables and poles, 
still remain. In the middle of the slab is an inscription, partly 
effaced. 
