Gell, William: The itinerary of Greece: With a commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an account of the monuments of antiquity at present existing in that country (London, 1810)

DESCRIPTION OF PLATES, kc. 147

before-mentioned. Above the entrance is the enormous block of
Breccia 27 feet in length and 16 in breadth. In the entrance may be
observed the holes into which brass nails have been driven, which are
not extracted without great difficulty. On the left, near the door of
the inner chamber these brass nails are again observable, and they are
in fact continued on all sides as well as to the top of the dome, though
the treasury is too gloomy to atford a view of themu The peasants
pretend that a lamp or some ornament of bronze, was suspended from
the top within the memory of some of the present inhabitants of Kra-
bata, but the story is probably untrue.

The earth is in some parts almost cleared away down to the pave-
ment. At the top is seen a hole, two or three of the stones having
been displaced. The disposition and forms of masonry, particularly
near the door, where it was possible to distinguish the joints, were co-
pied accurately on the spot. In addition to the buildings which are
found in other countries already mentioned, it is to be remarked, that
Norden discovered in Egypt, near the old port of Alexandria, an edi-
fice much resembling the treasury, which he calls a subterraneous
temple. The form is circular, and the roof vaulted. He did not ob-
serve the method of construction. Above the portal is a winged ball.

PLATE VII.

Plate 7, is a representation of several subjects, which, though inte-
resting in themselves, did not seem to merit separate engravings.

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