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HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 87
pared for rowing, and stripped of its masts and sails. The
boatmen kept time to their oars with a loud and hoarse
song.
On the 27th, in the morning, we were at Coroskee; we
continued to Seboo, called by Norden Sebua, and Mr. Legh
Sibhoi, where I landed to visit the temple remaining there.
The sand of the desert had almost covered the portico and
court in front. It consists of two pyramidal moles, facing
the east, of masonry, having a gateway between. The moles
are not more than thirty feet above the sand; their front
ninety feet in length. The gateway is six feet wide, and
about twenty in height. A cornice and torus surrounds the
moles and the upper part of the gateway. Round the cor-
nice of the moles a waving line is sculptured, without any
other ornament. The gateway is twelve feet thick, and
opens to a court almost filled with sand, in front of the por-
tico, whose roof appears to be formed from the rock. It is
joined to the moles by a colonnade of three square pillars on
each side, on the front of which are disfigured statues in
alto relievo, half buried in the sand. The pillars support an
entablature, and are enclosed by a wall from the two extremes
of the moles. The entablature of this colonnade is of single
stones, from pillar to pillar, twelve feet long, four broad, and
three deep. On these, and on the walls, are hieroglyphics
and symbolic figures, representing some deity receiving of-
pared for rowing, and stripped of its masts and sails. The
boatmen kept time to their oars with a loud and hoarse
song.
On the 27th, in the morning, we were at Coroskee; we
continued to Seboo, called by Norden Sebua, and Mr. Legh
Sibhoi, where I landed to visit the temple remaining there.
The sand of the desert had almost covered the portico and
court in front. It consists of two pyramidal moles, facing
the east, of masonry, having a gateway between. The moles
are not more than thirty feet above the sand; their front
ninety feet in length. The gateway is six feet wide, and
about twenty in height. A cornice and torus surrounds the
moles and the upper part of the gateway. Round the cor-
nice of the moles a waving line is sculptured, without any
other ornament. The gateway is twelve feet thick, and
opens to a court almost filled with sand, in front of the por-
tico, whose roof appears to be formed from the rock. It is
joined to the moles by a colonnade of three square pillars on
each side, on the front of which are disfigured statues in
alto relievo, half buried in the sand. The pillars support an
entablature, and are enclosed by a wall from the two extremes
of the moles. The entablature of this colonnade is of single
stones, from pillar to pillar, twelve feet long, four broad, and
three deep. On these, and on the walls, are hieroglyphics
and symbolic figures, representing some deity receiving of-