SHIRAZ TO PE'RSEPOtlS. 
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most northern piece of sculpture. It consists of twd figures on horse* 
back, and a third on foot. Chardin's description of this, as well as 
of the other monuments, is sufficiently satisfactory ; and I will therefore 
only mention where I differ from him. He says, that the size of the 
horses is suited to that of their riders: now to me they seem to be by 
far too small in proportion; and the best proof of this is, that the riders' 
feet nearly touch the ground. What he calls bridles of chains of irOfi 
did not strike us as such. The whole furniture of the horses is admir¬ 
ably preserved, and I have endeavoured to draw it with the most 
scrupulous accuracy. The bridle of the horse on the right is exactly 
the same as those of the horses at Shapour, with numerous knobs dr 
buckles on the head-stall: that of the horse on the left is of another 
species of ornament, yet also with many straps and buckles. Both 
hare a remarkable strap or piece of iron which reaches from the horsed 
forehead all down the front part of the face, covers the lips, and is 
fastened behind near the opening of the cheeks. The breast-plate of 
the horse on the right is composed of large round plates linked together: 
that of the horse on the left is ornamented with lions' heads. The 
man behind the figure on the left, holds (not an umbrella, as Chardin 
mentions, but) a fly-flap, which is common to almost all the principal 
figures at Persepolis. Each of these horsemen trample on a body; 
that under the figure on the right is more correct and well preserved, 
than the other to the left. A Greek inscription is engraved on the chest 
of the first horse, composed of seven lines, the three first of which are 
illegible. Then nearly close under these lines are some characters, 
which are extremely effaced, but which I have endeavoured to copy 
exactly. (See the inscriptions, plate XXIX.) They are evidently the 
same as those which I saw at Shapour. On the breast of the opposite 
horse there is also a small but very effaced inscription in the same 
characters. 
The sculpture next to this is composed of nine figures; five on the 
right side, and three on the left, of a personage at full length, who stands 
in the centre, holding a sword before him with both hands, and bear- 
