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horse' races. Beyond ibis are two other cells, the one 5 feel in width, the
other 6 feet 4 inches, the latter only with an opening 4 feel in width: still
farther but not in the same line ore two spaces cut off by hvc. lateral
walls, which, however, according to Mr. AUason, were merely intended for
the support of the octagon ; these spaces wore 14 feet 8 inches by 14 feet
9 inches. Thus we have l.ul three undoubted cells., one decidedly without
sin opening, and only one of the other two evidently having one. Mr.
AUason has marked by a doited line the form he imagined the building to
have had. The length of the front taken from the angle to the other
corner is 50 feet; from thence to the point where the wall is lost in the bank
may he 7 feet more.
The points then in which we differ are in the extent of the front, the
number of the cells, in tbeir character and proportions. With respect to the
two fust points, 1 must leave my readers to determine on which of our
Plans they will place the most reliance. One remark, perhaps, I may be
permitted to make, that ours was carefully made by a professed and
experienced architect, and is to be opposed to one formed from the
description of M. Fauvel, who spent only a few hours at Olympia. With
respect to the proportions of the cells, supposing even that they were 9 feet
in width, it might appear doubtful whether they could contain chariots
with four horses abreast, but if their width be still less, our doubts must
he converted into certainty; anil, here we are fortunately able to call in
the testimony of M. Fauvel, who states, as we have already seen, that the
stalls are 5 or (.! feel in width. I will nol sav that the Count: de Choiseul,
horse' races. Beyond ibis are two other cells, the one 5 feel in width, the
other 6 feet 4 inches, the latter only with an opening 4 feel in width: still
farther but not in the same line ore two spaces cut off by hvc. lateral
walls, which, however, according to Mr. AUason, were merely intended for
the support of the octagon ; these spaces wore 14 feet 8 inches by 14 feet
9 inches. Thus we have l.ul three undoubted cells., one decidedly without
sin opening, and only one of the other two evidently having one. Mr.
AUason has marked by a doited line the form he imagined the building to
have had. The length of the front taken from the angle to the other
corner is 50 feet; from thence to the point where the wall is lost in the bank
may he 7 feet more.
The points then in which we differ are in the extent of the front, the
number of the cells, in tbeir character and proportions. With respect to the
two fust points, 1 must leave my readers to determine on which of our
Plans they will place the most reliance. One remark, perhaps, I may be
permitted to make, that ours was carefully made by a professed and
experienced architect, and is to be opposed to one formed from the
description of M. Fauvel, who spent only a few hours at Olympia. With
respect to the proportions of the cells, supposing even that they were 9 feet
in width, it might appear doubtful whether they could contain chariots
with four horses abreast, but if their width be still less, our doubts must
he converted into certainty; anil, here we are fortunately able to call in
the testimony of M. Fauvel, who states, as we have already seen, that the
stalls are 5 or (.! feel in width. I will nol sav that the Count: de Choiseul,