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MR. PTJLLAN's RESTORATION. . 187
briefly the chief points on which the theory of this
restoration has been framed; to bring forward snch
collateral arguments as may tend to confirm it,
and at the same time to consider what objections
to such a theory are most likely to be made, and by
what arguments they may be best met.
The three points on which the restoration pro-
posed by Mr. Pullan is ultimately based, and
which I would venture to call the postulates in
this argument, are the following :—
1. That the quadrangular cutting on the site of
the Mausoleum contained the foundations of
the tomb itself as- described by Pliny, and that
his totus ciroumitus of 411' refers to an area con-
tained within the larger circumference of this
Quadrangle.
2. That the fragments of wheel and the two
portions of colossal horse found on the site of the
Mausoletxm, belong to the quadriga, which stood
on the summit of the pyramid.
3. That the steps found with the fragments
of the quadriga on the north side of the peribolus,
are part of the twenty-four steps of the pyramid
mentioned by Pliny.
The first two of these postulates have, so far as
I know, never been disputed. The assertion that
the steps found by me are identical with those
mentioned by Pliny, has not been so generally ad-
mitted; and objections to this assumption have
been advanced which have not lacked the authority
of eminent architects, and which are therefore
entitled to due consideration here. It will, how-
briefly the chief points on which the theory of this
restoration has been framed; to bring forward snch
collateral arguments as may tend to confirm it,
and at the same time to consider what objections
to such a theory are most likely to be made, and by
what arguments they may be best met.
The three points on which the restoration pro-
posed by Mr. Pullan is ultimately based, and
which I would venture to call the postulates in
this argument, are the following :—
1. That the quadrangular cutting on the site of
the Mausoleum contained the foundations of
the tomb itself as- described by Pliny, and that
his totus ciroumitus of 411' refers to an area con-
tained within the larger circumference of this
Quadrangle.
2. That the fragments of wheel and the two
portions of colossal horse found on the site of the
Mausoletxm, belong to the quadriga, which stood
on the summit of the pyramid.
3. That the steps found with the fragments
of the quadriga on the north side of the peribolus,
are part of the twenty-four steps of the pyramid
mentioned by Pliny.
The first two of these postulates have, so far as
I know, never been disputed. The assertion that
the steps found by me are identical with those
mentioned by Pliny, has not been so generally ad-
mitted; and objections to this assumption have
been advanced which have not lacked the authority
of eminent architects, and which are therefore
entitled to due consideration here. It will, how-