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SEPULCHRAL RAM. 
having observed it first in some old burying grounds near Ou- 
roomia, and in others beyond Tabreez, I conceived that it must 
be over Mahomedan graves, and probably marked the last beds 
of some heroes of the Black and White Ram factions; but finding 
it thus at Julfa, I can have no hesitation in supposing it an 
emblem connected with the Christian faith. Subjoined is a 
sketch I made from one of the largest, and most ornamented; 
which may be sufficient to give an idea of the uncouthness 
of shape, but indefatigable labour of ornament, exhibited in 
these strange memorials of the dead. On one of the sides, the 
legend of St. George slaying the dragon, is most curiously 
carved; and on the other, some second champion, followed by 
three walking personages bearing a long pole. The tail also is 
honoured with the figure of an equestrian saint, bound round 
with a scroll stampt with Armenian letters. A sort of net-work 
covers the neck of the animal. 
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