Eustace, John Cretwode: A classical tour through Italy An. MDCCCII (Vol. 3): 3. ed., rev. and enl (London: J. Mawman, 1815)

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three gradations (for they cannot be termed steps,
as they are much too high for the purpose) in-
tended solely to give due elevation and relievo to
the superstructure; that the columns in all rise
without bases from the uppermost of these de-
grees ; that these columns are all fluted, between
four and five diameters in height, and taper as
they ascend, about one-fourth ; that the capitals
are all very flat and prominent; that the inter-
columniation is a little more than one diameter ;
that the order and ornaments are in all the same;
and the pediment in all very low ; in fine, that
they are all built of a porous stone, of a light or
rather yellow grey, and in many places perforated
and worn away.
In the open space between the first and second
temple, were two other large edifices, built of the
same sort of stone, and nearly of the same size.
Their substructions still remain encumbered with
the fragments of the columns and of the enta-
blature, and so overgrown with brambles, nettles,
and weeds, as scarcely to admit a near inspection.

column. I need not observe that the second temple is the
most beautiful of the three, and the nearest to the propor-
tions of the temples of Agrigentum,
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