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44 other purposes than by time. The fields about it have their
44 soil composed, in effect, of nothing but broken bricks, and
44 those bricks have been so well made and burnt, that the
44 marks of the fingers of the makers are still to be seen on
44 many of the pieces There are five large gates of the city
44 still remaining, besides some beautiful entrances to the
44 tombs of the ancient princes, and mosques, &c. These
44 tombs were, not long ago, in perfect order, and were held
44 in a manner sacred, till they were torn to pieces, for the
44 sake of the stone; indeed, such of the gates as happened
44 to have no stone in them, are almost perfect, but wherever
44 a piece of stone has happened to be placed, the most elegant
44 buildings have been destroyed to get it out, so that there
44 is now scarce a piece left, except a part in the round tower,*
44 which happens to have been preserved by the peculiar
44 construction of the building. To this tower I reduced my
44 observations, the result of which was as follows :
44 Latitude of the jRound Tower at Gour 24° 53' 0" N.
44 Longitude ------ 5h 5T 13" E.
44 The latitude was deduced from twenty-nine meridian
44 altitudes, and the longitude partly from distances and partly
44 from the watches.
# See Plate I.
44 The
44 other purposes than by time. The fields about it have their
44 soil composed, in effect, of nothing but broken bricks, and
44 those bricks have been so well made and burnt, that the
44 marks of the fingers of the makers are still to be seen on
44 many of the pieces There are five large gates of the city
44 still remaining, besides some beautiful entrances to the
44 tombs of the ancient princes, and mosques, &c. These
44 tombs were, not long ago, in perfect order, and were held
44 in a manner sacred, till they were torn to pieces, for the
44 sake of the stone; indeed, such of the gates as happened
44 to have no stone in them, are almost perfect, but wherever
44 a piece of stone has happened to be placed, the most elegant
44 buildings have been destroyed to get it out, so that there
44 is now scarce a piece left, except a part in the round tower,*
44 which happens to have been preserved by the peculiar
44 construction of the building. To this tower I reduced my
44 observations, the result of which was as follows :
44 Latitude of the jRound Tower at Gour 24° 53' 0" N.
44 Longitude ------ 5h 5T 13" E.
44 The latitude was deduced from twenty-nine meridian
44 altitudes, and the longitude partly from distances and partly
44 from the watches.
# See Plate I.
44 The