and the hands appear to,bé webbed daws,'- biit'the body, limbs, and face,
are human: -the breasts distinguish it;as*-female.' '’Over this again is a small
cürliug" feptilé* like a voorin or small snake, reminding-us of the asp. ■
On the1 nófth' aM on- thé-soutte-fai^i-of ^^tbe^gätpfay5 thefe is a-colossal
eagle with extended wings, holding in its talons an immense serpent, plaited
in three folds, its head turnbd towards "the- eagle and «rtfametifed with a
cörbnèt»
'■ olt Was -impossible^ té* rëfi efetoón the design of these Sculptures, without
being forcibly struck with their reference to the ancient-worship of' Egypt.
The form öf1 the' gateway -itself;-and of all rtfrë rêfös within our vié'w, was
pyramidal. In the monster devouring the child wè’ wöto reminded öf TypVon\
in ibe dog, of ^ t'óo, seemed to
be the palm,: by Which thé Egyptiansidêé%tiafiÈÉ the yëar^ ' the pigedn> toe
hawk, the immien'se serpOiiti^ -were all symbols’ of'‘Egyptian SVOrship/*-"
' laying- oÈftoe" first teftafce Swè observed several” sedttered stones,’ • having
various devices scxilptured on them,’* some of human” figures,-: oftetofi a tiger
wanting the head, which had been broken off, and several of elephaiits1 and
ö&èni Oil- ötiè #er noticed -the !représëntetiöiï ëfi’ a mäh on horseback* followed
by five spearmen and? a pdyong bearer. ,JWe theif'astferiSed by five
steps t'O' to’é seeond terrace, on which wërè ’’also' Sóifiie1 Scattered ruins . of
buildings and sculpture. Ascending again three steps we came fb’toe-third:
terr'acej wheri the1 principal building appeafe’d- in fröritj'at thé distaiice’ of
about ninety feet. The ruins óf Several other tèiiïptes arid buildings also
appeared in irregular heaps on each.side of its ftofat.'1” '
"This building is on the ééntrè of the ter-race. ’ Its basë is-ä perfect squarë,’
of forty-ïhrèe'feét and a half to* thei sides decrëa'éih^ iff siafe* ut* 'ëfich- siieces-i
siVe layer bf stohes, so as to form steps to thé height offiinetéën fêët i-abovë
this iS 'fi-soff^bf coräfcfe, four feet nine inches high; ‘Thè‘rOof is twenty-onè'
fèèt twö iiielës from iiörth to -sóütb, and iriinefeeh feet mhe - inches >fr Omi
étst1 to west. In the’'centre'of it wé'oïréhïvêfl a paft’ raised,1'of abobS'-a
föót square,’ pierced by a Small round hole. It had the appearance of being
intended as a pedestal, 'öV ’stëp, to some object' which had beéii renïóVéd.' -
The sides of the pyramid face the' cardinal points. ‘ The ïVestérn side
contains a flight Of narrow steps. A t ‘ the-to^,* in the front of the building,
iVe noticed two “S^penfts, which appear to havé been used for1 wateir-pipes;
with this exception; the 'whole building was plain and unornamented1 by
sacred emblems. The sides ,of the staircase are laced with flat stones.
The