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rich shrubbery completed a most enlivening fore-ground. The hill, on 
which the remains of the citadel stand, is covered with the ruins of 
walls and turrets. On its eastern aspect, the nature of the fortification 
can be traced easily; for walls fill the chasms from rock to rock, forming 
altogether a place of defence admirably strong. 
The first object which arrested our attention, was a mutilated sculp¬ 
ture of two colossal figures on horseback, carved on the super- 
fices of the rock. The figure on the right was the most injured; the 
only part indeed, which we could ascertain with precision, was one of 
the front and two of the hinder feet of a horse, standing over the statue 
of a man, who was extended at his full length, his face turning out¬ 
wardly, and reposed upon his right hand, and his attire bearing marks 
of a Roman costume. A figure in the same dress was placed in an atti¬ 
tude of supplication at the horse’s knees, and a head in alto-relievo just 
appeared between the hinder feet. The equestrian figure on the left 
was not quite so much mutilated, the horse and parts of the drapery on 
the thighs being still well preserved. The dimensions of the figures are 
as follows: length of the foot of the figure under the horse, fifteen 
inches; length of the whole figure sixteen feet one inch; length of the 
arm five feet; chin to the summit of the head one foot two inches ; 
length of the horse’s leg from the lower part of the shoulder to the hoof 
four feet four; the dress of the figures was a short petticoat, from the 
waist downwards just below the knees. 
The next piece of sculpture (which, like the former, was carved upon 
the mountain of the citadel), is perfect in all its parts. It consists of 
three grand compartments, the central and most interesting represents 
a figure on horseback, whose dress announces a royal personage. His 
head-dress is a crown, on which is placed a globe; his hair flows in 
very large and massy curls over both shoulders, whilst a slight musta- 
chio just covers his upper lip, and gives much expression to a counte¬ 
nance strongly indicative of pride and majesty. His body is clothed 
with a robe which falls in many folds to his girdle, and then extends 
itself over his thigh and legs as low as his ancle. A quiver hangs by 
