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over the, Doen we could make a fliift to Discem pari os the Wtngs ofaLargeSprcad Eagle, Extending the whole. Wideness rhereof. The Largenefs;whereof led me at sirst to Imagine it might have been rather a Cherub Over»fliadowing the Lntrance. thcre being nothing of the Body'Remaining toguideone’s Judgment, and Came litcle AngeU or Cupitis Appcar still in theCorners of ihe (kmeStone. Buc asterwards fciing other Eagles upon Stonesthatwire fallen down, 1 conclude this must have been one likewise, onlyof a much Larger Size. Of this Temple there is nothing at Present but theOut'VarU WaiU S;anding, in which it is Observable, that as the Windowswere net Ltrge, so they were made Narrower towards the Top,- than thcy -wtre Below , 1 ut all Adorn’d with Excellent Carvings. Wirhin the Walls,tlie Turks, or more p obubly Mamahkts, have built a Roof, which is Support-cd by Small F iliars Arches •, but a great deal Lower, as well as in aliother resp cts Ditproportionate and Infeii-ur to what the Anaent Covtrtngmust havt been. And they have Converted the Place into a Mosque, ha-ving Added to the South End rhenot New Ornaments aster theil mariner^with Arabick Injcriftions and Sentenc« s cut of the niedrem wrore in F!ou-.rifhrs and Wreaths, not wirhout Art. Burat the North End of the Building ;which is stiut out of the Mofque, ,are Rehcks of much Geater Artifice andBcauty. Whethtrthcy were in the N-.turc of Canoptes. ovtr forne Altarsplac’d there, orto what other Use thcyserv’d, I am not able to Conjecture.They are Beautify’d with the most Curi' us Fretwcrk and Carvings ; In themidst of which is a Dome or Cupola , above 6 Foot Diameter, which wefoundabove to be of One Piece : whether Hewnoutof a Rock Entire, ormade of forne Artiscial Cernent or Composition, by time harden’d into aLapideous Substance, seems Doubtful; tho’I am rather inclin’d to believe.the latter.. It is, in Fine , a most Exquisite piece of Wotkmanlhip, and omwhich I could have. bestow’d. more time to View it, than what was a!«lowed us.

Having past by the Ruins of a Hand f> me Mofque, we lad the Profpect o£such Magnificent Ruins, that if it be Lawsul to frame a Conjicture of theOriginal Beauty of that Place, by w hat is stili remaining, 1 question forne-what whether any City in the World could have challeng’d Precedence ofthis in its Gtory,

Advartcing towards the North, you have before you.a very Tali andStately Obelisk or Pillar, consilling of 7 Large Srones, besides its Capitalahd the Wreathtd Work about it; the Ca vings her--, as in all otherplaces, being Exf aordinary Fine. Tfie Heighr of it is above po Foot jand upon it lconctiv.e may have stoodaSr<j'«e eihich the Turks , Ze lousErnemies of all Imagery , have Thrown dov/n, am) Broken in piece?. 'Tis inCompass jud a bove the Pedestal, 1 2 Foot and a half. On each Hand ot this» ,towaids the East and Weif, you sectwo other Large Pillar each aQjarterof a Mile Distant from you, wh ch stem to hae e fime Corrtfpondence oneto. the other. And there is a Piece of another, S'anding near that of iheEast, which would encline one to Tbink, there was orce a Continued Rowof stiem. The Height of this to the East l took with my Quadrant, and Con-

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