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Eottom, as may be Seen oft the Board 1 brought from a Door in the Vil-]ag eSmtara (which is n«xt to the Mummtet), thc Largest prece of <yf.g) -fti&n Wnting perhaps, at ihis Day in Europt. I confess that in the Vaults,or Prieß's Cbatr.bers Cut out of »he Rock dose by the xd Pyramid, thewhole Walls are Inferib’d thcrewith ; but 1 speak of an Original. And if allthat is therc Wrttttn wcre but exactly Cop/d, ic might be then Law*füll to Hope, that the Language !b lorg since Dead and Bury’d in theHouse of Bondage, might have its Rtfomction in the Land of Liberty.

That such Vast Monuments ml/ht be Remov’d fn.m Place to Place, isDifiicuk indeed, but not Impolliblc : Forfcme of these Mountains are rtearthe Red Sea j and Suß from Catro v? but 2 or Z Days, from the Nile lese.HowPoÜiblc it is to Convty Mighty 'Wiight> by Warer, ler thc öbtlüks atRtfjwededare j which were all of them bioughc from this very Country :and that such things May bedone b> Land too, tho’ not by every one, isPfahl enough, btcause we ße they have been Done. Ar Baalbec, which is14 Hourt from Damascus. (fov thenee I wem. accompany'd with Mr. Ant.Balam and M>- J< f. Vtrney) there is a St one about 66 Foit Long on theNotfh-fide of thie Ca/Ue-WaM, and % ntore of 60 each : And l bdkve Weiiw the Way tbey Travelfd, haring lese on« of their Company, tho" not<^uite so Big, in the Road, as a Monument thercof to this very Day.

The Vraugbt of Orurot these Obekskt was very well taken by MonsieurBruf e a Frendo Druggerpian-. but that of the Other, by a Dutcb Pamer , irp. i2ji. not fj> welk

p■-£' Fig. 74. Represcnts the Obelisk, or Aiguiüe, near the Matarta : The

Heighs of thit Pddar is 67 Fdof, the Bignese 7 j- with the Hrroglypbick Cbara-Btr. oo, Shewa the Heighs of the Ns!e‘» Riürig abovethe Superficies ofthe Earth, when ir QvtrjOnvs.

Fig. 75. Represents the Needls at Alexandri a.

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Some VnlittoWHvincient Chara-cteri ; hy Mr.Flower- n. aoj.f . 87».

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ViJ.tnf. Ca[. III.

Remarks; byMr. Kran. Aston-p. 873.

bild Sup, Sect.XLtl.

XLV. 1, These CbaraBert being 22 in Numbef, are all that could beDistinctly Collected cut of the Anttsnt Sculpture s, to be found at this Dayextant at the Admir’d Hills of Canary, where there are divers Receftades Cutout of the Main Rock, by the Inertdible Induftry and Charge öf the And-en'. Inhalt ant s of thofe Parts, supposcd Moors or Negroes of Ethiopta rathetthan Gentues; by reason of the Lirge Proportion of their Usual Statures,which is at least 8 Foot in Heightb, having Great Lips, Füll Eyes, FiatNo r c, and Curl’d Hair.

2. lt’s probable thelntent of this Paper was to Compare these Chat allen,b?ing very Ancient, with them at Persepolis.

The Places here Pointed at, ar-echiefly z, Txsro upon the Island oiSalfete.and One upon the Island Pory, call’d the / agocle of Olifant, of such a Big*ne-fi that One of them is Defcrib’d by Linseboten, to be Equal to a Villageof^ooHouses; to Consist: of4Ringesof Building, oneover another, with-iii. the Mountain ; and to Contain no lese than 300 Rooms or Habitarions;Adorn’d throughout with Strange Frightful Statues of Idols, Lyons , Tygers,Elephant*, Amaumt, and at bundred öther Things, very well Deßgn'd.

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