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THE MOUNTAIN OF SEPULCHRES. 
Pasargadae, we can be in no doubt, from the entire difference 
between them, that the radii we have been describing, form a 
means of passing through the air totally distinct from the per¬ 
sonage that uses it. 
I have mentioned that this monumental elevation, with its 
altar and other appendages, is comprised within a square frame of 
stone; on the four exterior surfaces, at the front and the sides, 
we find figures three deep, stationed one above the other ; those 
to the right of the altar, with their faces towards the back of the 
man on the pedestal, are clothed in robes similar to his ; and 
they have bonnets on their wig-like hair, resembling in shape the 
crown on the head of the spiritual being described, but with the 
differenceofnot being fluted ; these persons are armed with spears ; 
there are three of them in a perpendicular line on the front of 
the western aspect of the frame; and six, rank and file, on the 
side. In the opposite direction, on that part of the frame which 
is to the left of the altar, in the front, is a perpendicular line 
three deep, of figures in precisely the same sort of dress as the 
spearmen, with the difference of these having no weapons 
whatever. These also look towards the altar, and appear as 
mourners, their left hands being raised to their faces, holding a 
part of their garments, as if wiping away their tears. Another 
line of figures is sculptured on the side of the frame, to which 
the three mourners are the front; but here, only one in three is 
in a weeping attitude. 
Having fully examined the exterior of the tombs, my next 
object was to penetrate their interior; an attempt of no little 
danger, as well as fatigue. (Plate XIX.) There were no other 
means by which a stranger to these heights could reach them, 
but by the expedient of tying a rope round his waist, and some 
