490 COURT OF THE DEEVS. 
108 feet. Those that denote the north-west face of the building, 
are not much dilapidated ; but the ruinous state of the place 
alone showed where the opposite ones had been, by baring their 
foundations. The most northern of the pair, which are in the best 
preservation, is composed of three stones, surmounted by a sort of 
cornice ; the whole being 15 feet in height, and the three stones 
all concave on one side, like those in the insulated pillar I had first 
seen. These hollows face the north-east; on the contrary side 
is an inscription near the top, corresponding exactly with the one 
I had transcribed from the preceding pillar. In fact, on narrowly 
examining every inscription which labeled various parts of 
these ruins, I found not a single character differ in any one. A 
circumstance, I positively ascertained, by holding my first copy in 
my hand, while I followed with my pencil the lines on all the other 
marbles. The other still existing column is much broken, there 
being only two blocks remaining. Its inscription faces the other, 
looking north-east. A third mass of marble, in a yet more mu¬ 
tilated state, stands 30 feet in front of these, dividing exactly the 
middle of the face of the square. A couple of stones, are all the 
fragments of this elevation ; they are excavated like the others ; 
and its inscription is on the north-western side. I searched for 
any trace of a wall that might have connected the corner pillars 
of the edifice, but none could be found; hence, I conjecture the 
place to have been completely open to the air; and, from the 
loftiness of the centre column, it seems hardly possible for it to 
have had a roof. In viewing the plain from the elevation of this 
building, it appears one rich velvet of vegetation ; without the 
interruption of the smallest unproductive spot, rendered barren 
by the fallen rubbish of decayed stone buildings. I mention this, 
