Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c&c: during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 . of man. It is composed of these sun-dried materials, to the present height of 140 feet. Tlie form, an oblong square; and like the Birs, facing the four cardinal points. The side to the north measures along its base 552 feet; that to the south 230 ; that to the east 230 ; and that to the west 551. The summit is a broad flat, when compared with the pyramidal Birs, yet very uneven ; its highest point being to the south-east, where it forms an angular kind of peak, sloping gradually down, in
Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, ancient Babylonia, &c&c: during the years 1817, 1818, 1819, and 1820 . of man. It is composed of these sun-dried materials, to the present height of 140 feet. Tlie form, an oblong square; and like the Birs, facing the four cardinal points. The side to the north measures along its base 552 feet; that to the south 230 ; that to the east 230 ; and that to the west 551. The summit is a broad flat, when compared with the pyramidal Birs, yet very uneven ; its highest point being to the south-east, where it forms an angular kind of peak, sloping gradually down, in an opposite direction, upon the broad bosom of the mound, to a depth of about 100 feet. Regular lines of clay brick-work are clearly discernible along each face; and those on the western front bear every trace of a perfectly straight wall, that appears to have cased and parapeted this side of the pile. * The angle to the south-west is rounded oif; but whetlier it thus marks the original shape of the corners, or that time has worn this so, I do not pretend to say. Towards the • See Plate LXXVI. ^7Jl€^tJ n/d^^SufS/^ ZanJon, Tuili-rhtd fy ,H^ S^^ THE MUJELIBE. 34I bottom, where it meets the loose dust and scattered fragments, ithas mouldered away in an inward sloping direction, giving thisangle of the Mujelibe the singular effect of an appending watch-tower. The decay at the base, and the form in consequence,are obviously wrought by the casualties of weather; indeed, allthe parts of this huge fabric have been terribly torn by therain, which here fall with the body and force of water-spouts ; the eastern face, in particular, is worn into a deep chan-nel, nearly from the top to the bottom. However, all thesedepredations of the elements, have only acted on this pile likethe wrinkles on a human face, marking the advance of years,without absolutely breaking the general lineaments. The sun-dried bricks, and mode of fixing them, differ
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