a stone would weigh perhaps ten tons. The intention of the 
arrymen was probably not to carry these blocks directly down the 
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‘mountain, but to take same roundabout way that would give reasonably 
tion is that furnished by 
gentle slopes. “The most striking illustra 
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. partially hewn block of iaeere lying at the base of a massive 
“overhanging wall two miles east of the ruins. Originally the mass 
vas about 25 feet long and probably averaged five or six feet wide 
ig high though far from regular in shape. The work of shaping and 
Seividine this stone into parts was well under way when the f inal 
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summons came to close the work, pewekess to appear for a final strug- 
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gle aseieet invaders iste their retired and beautiful Walley. The 
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pick marks are everywhere distinctly seen and the heavy picks week 
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lie all around the massive apc 
mith their bruised points and flaked margins almost as fresh as if 
“shafped and used bat a year ago. 
The progress and processes of dressing are readily ob- 
“served. The upper surface was first leveled off and the size of 
‘the block determined upon; then the work of hewing the sides and 
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