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THE SMALLER TEMPLE.
to the top of the pediment. It was surrounded
■with forty-two columns, having fifteen on the side,
and eight in front. Of these, nineteen are still
standing. They are about six feet and a half in
diameter, and fifty feet in height. The doorway
to this temple is about twenty-five feet high, and
twenty feet wide, and is richly ornamented with
carved work of the most superb description. The
roof of the building has all fallen in. As we were
gazing with wonder and awe on the remains of this
magnificent edifice, which impressed one the more
deeply from the loneliness of the place, and the
solemn stillness that prevailed everywhere around,
we heard a sudden rustling of wings, and looking
up, discovered that some birds of prey—a species
of kite, I think—had made their nest in the high-
est and most inaccessible part of the ruin.
To the south-east of the lesser temple, there is
a small but superb edifice (/) of a circular form. It
is of the Corinthian order, and decorated with
twelve columns. The whole structure is singular, if
not unique in its design. As nothing short of an
elaborate drawing would suffice to give any adequate
idea of its peculiar style and exquisite beauty, I
must refer my readers to other works for a more
THE SMALLER TEMPLE.
to the top of the pediment. It was surrounded
■with forty-two columns, having fifteen on the side,
and eight in front. Of these, nineteen are still
standing. They are about six feet and a half in
diameter, and fifty feet in height. The doorway
to this temple is about twenty-five feet high, and
twenty feet wide, and is richly ornamented with
carved work of the most superb description. The
roof of the building has all fallen in. As we were
gazing with wonder and awe on the remains of this
magnificent edifice, which impressed one the more
deeply from the loneliness of the place, and the
solemn stillness that prevailed everywhere around,
we heard a sudden rustling of wings, and looking
up, discovered that some birds of prey—a species
of kite, I think—had made their nest in the high-
est and most inaccessible part of the ruin.
To the south-east of the lesser temple, there is
a small but superb edifice (/) of a circular form. It
is of the Corinthian order, and decorated with
twelve columns. The whole structure is singular, if
not unique in its design. As nothing short of an
elaborate drawing would suffice to give any adequate
idea of its peculiar style and exquisite beauty, I
must refer my readers to other works for a more