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90 HISTORY OE THE DISCOVERY
frieze, and some portions of large statues in the
round. It became evident from the quantity and
variety of these remains,, that we were on the
actual site of the Mausoleum.
The difficulty now was to know in which direction
to proceed. Houses and garden-plots hemmed me
in on every side, and, as every one of these belonged
to a different owner, the difficulties of negotiation
were infinite. Pursuing the cutting southward, we
soon came to a return running to the east, which,,
after continuing a few feet, was broken off, and
we failed to recover the line. To the north we
were equally unsuccessful; after tracing the line
of cutting for 48' from the south-west corner, it
suddenly disappeared, and our only guide from this
point was the pavement, which continued onward
to the north, though not on one uniform level.
In advancing in this direction, we came to the
mutilated remains of a magnificent colossal group
representing a warrior in a Persian dress on a horse,
which, in the original design, must have been repre-
sented rearing up. This group will be more par-
ticularly described in a subsequent part of this
work. A few feet from it was a male figure draped
to the knees.0
I had now explored the narrow strip of ground
running from north to south, which the proprietors
had with great reluctance permitted me to dig. I was
still uncertain in which direction the pavement ran :
the expense of the excavation was very great; for,
e Erroneously described as a " Female statue," in the plan of the
Mausoleum, Plate III.
frieze, and some portions of large statues in the
round. It became evident from the quantity and
variety of these remains,, that we were on the
actual site of the Mausoleum.
The difficulty now was to know in which direction
to proceed. Houses and garden-plots hemmed me
in on every side, and, as every one of these belonged
to a different owner, the difficulties of negotiation
were infinite. Pursuing the cutting southward, we
soon came to a return running to the east, which,,
after continuing a few feet, was broken off, and
we failed to recover the line. To the north we
were equally unsuccessful; after tracing the line
of cutting for 48' from the south-west corner, it
suddenly disappeared, and our only guide from this
point was the pavement, which continued onward
to the north, though not on one uniform level.
In advancing in this direction, we came to the
mutilated remains of a magnificent colossal group
representing a warrior in a Persian dress on a horse,
which, in the original design, must have been repre-
sented rearing up. This group will be more par-
ticularly described in a subsequent part of this
work. A few feet from it was a male figure draped
to the knees.0
I had now explored the narrow strip of ground
running from north to south, which the proprietors
had with great reluctance permitted me to dig. I was
still uncertain in which direction the pavement ran :
the expense of the excavation was very great; for,
e Erroneously described as a " Female statue," in the plan of the
Mausoleum, Plate III.