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columns. Nos. 20 and 23 are casts in plaster, presented by Sir Francis 
Chantrey. 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 part in the procession. They carry on their 
shoulders St 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 compositions, or the spirit wdth 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 whole 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.) The portions No. 25a, No. 25e, No. 26a, 
No. 26e, No. 61*, No. 62*, are casts from portions recently disco¬ 
vered at Athens. 
No. 47. A single slab of the frieze from the west end of the tem¬ 
ple. 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 of these figures is the same as that on the 
north side, namely, from right to left. (39.) 
There is a peculiarity in the frieze of the west end, which distin¬ 
guishes it from that on the north and south sides of the temple. The i 
subjects represented on the slabs of those two sides run one into an¬ 
other, that is, what was left imperfect in one slab is completed in the 
next; whereas in the west end the subjects are nearly complete on each 
piece of marble. The western frieze is likewise distinguished from 
those of the two sides of the temple, by the comparatively few figures 
introduced into it. 
Nos. 48—61. Fourteen plaster casts, composing the remainder of 
the frieze at the west end of the temple. (A. 75— 88.) 
Nos. 62—90. That portion of the same frieze which enriched the 
south side of the temple. Ii represents a procession of victims, cha¬ 
rioteers, and horsemen, and is very similar, in its general character and 
appearance, to the frieze on the opposite or north side. With respect 
to the victims, we do not possess any that were on the north side of the 
temple; but that they formed a part of the procession on that side, as 
w T ell as on the south, cannot be doubted, since Stuart, in his celebrated 
work on Athens, has engraved a fragment of one of them. The figure 
sculptured at the end of No. 90, (on the right of the entrance,) be¬ 
longs to the eastern portion of the frieze. No. 62 was presented by 
R. C. Cockerell, Esq. (40*, 41, 41*, 38**, 46, 50, 47, 52, 40, 42, 
