Burrow, Edward John: The Elgin Marbles: With an abridged historical and topographical account of Athens (London, 1837)

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figurement of Grecian horses, but droops a
little, as if moistened with the water, and not
yet dried by the morning breezes. Much atten-
tion has also obviously been paid to those mi-
nutiae which could not be distinguished at a
distance, such as the palate, the root of the
tongue, and the sockets of the teeth.

The perforation which held the metal bit
is half an inch from the opening of the mouth;
and another hole, just above the ear, was
destined probably to receive some appendage
of bronze or gold.

A singular vein of mica runs across the right
eye, and might at first lead to the belief that
silver had been used to decorate the front;
but the stone is of much the same quality with
that of which the statues are generally com-
posed, and probably was hewn from Pente-
licus, though not from so pure a stratum as
the rest.

The head of the outer horse measures from
the tip of the nose, across the temporal bone, to
the end of the mane, 2'—8§"; the length of the
group is 5'—8"; and its greatest height 2'—5|".

The general workmanship of these admi-