Fellows, Charles: Account of the ionic trophy monument excavated at Xanthus (London, 1848)

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from between the columns show the effect of the rain
and wind, the rest of the figures retaining the smooth
surface of the marble. Each of these statues is borne
by an emblematic animal, and the drapery is blown vio-
lently by the wind. The Monument now put together
requires but two whole stones to complete the larger
frieze, and one to complete the west tympanum. We
should then have the whole of the four friezes, the
pediments and necessary architectural members, and
every niche and pedestal for the reception of statues
occupied by the fragmental representation of such
statue."

My reasons for placing the pavement around the
Monument at the level represented, concealing a con-
siderable portion of the massive base now exposed, are
the following :—

At the assumed level, in excavating on the north side,
we ceased to find the fallen fragments of the building,
and soon afterwards lost all trace of the chips of broken
marble ; we then came to a dark-coloured native earth,
on the surface of which we found several bronze and
bone pins, arrow-heads, &c. The cisterns found at the
east and west ends of the base of the building have been
arched over ; the crowns of these arches forming the
same level, which corresponded with that of the dark
earth on the north side. The level adopted has also
the advantage of placing the eye of the spectator on

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