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architrave to the cella, resting upon each of the friezes; this
again confirms my arrangement. The entrances to the cella
—in this case probably a sepulchre—are shown by the dis-
covery of a stone of this form :

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We also found an ornament or mantling which was over a
doorway. I must remark that we saw only a very small
portion of the plain stones required to form the walls of the
cella; but being plain and not very large, they would have
been, as before observed, more desirable for the use of suc-
ceeding inhabitants. We have fragments of the bases of the
pilasters.

" The building being now erected, I proceeded to the ar-
rangement of the statues, for which I had no theory, but
began by placing each above the position in which I found
it in the earth. The statues are of two sizes: the smaller, of
which we have six, from their attitudes as well as their lying
at both ends of the building, had evidently fallen from the top
of the pediment; and on examination I observed that they
were weather-beaten all round, showing that they had filled an
exposed position. I can have no doubt of the correctness of
this arrangement. The next figures are lions, one of which
had fallen from either angle of the west end: I replaced them
in that position between the columns, and found that their