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height, completes the line along the slope of the stairs, forming 
its parapet till it meets the ground, and the figures appear to 
be as follows. The feet of several men are traceable, and the last 
leads a bull; then intervenes a tree; five more men follow, the 
fifth leading another bull; then comes the cypress ; again five 
men appear, one bearing a round shield, the remainder carrying 
spears ; then come a couple more ; after whom are two bulls 
drawing a kind of chariot, covered with lozenge ornaments; 
the suite is closed by a figure leading an animal resembling 
the Ibex. 
The row on the second line (Plates XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL.) 
begins with a robed Persian armed with a dagger at his belt. 
In his right hand he carries a staff, apparently the ensign of his 
office, whilst his left holds the hand of a person behind him, whom 
he appears to be leading forward. This person precedes four 
others, as being their chief; three of them bear on both their 
hands different articles of dress; the fourth, in a similar way, 
carries a couple of large cups. The style of carrying any thing, 
as well as presenting it, to a superior, appears to have been the 
same then as it is now ; the most trifling offering being always 
given with both hands. The whole of this group of five behind 
the robed Persian, are uniformly habited in short tunics, bound 
round the waist with a simple buckle and belt. Their legs and 
feet are covered with a sort of hose, of the jack-boot appearance 
I mentioned before; and, as a long pair of stockings are amongst 
the raiment borne, we may conclude that this under-garment is 
of that character. The upper parts of the figures are too much 
defaced to shew any thing of a head-dress. A tree divides these 
from the second group. In this, the leading personage is 
habited in the old Persian tunic, with the same simple belt as 
