. A description of the East, and some other countries . JlELAN of tne TEMPLE Of DIANA at ElHESUS I ASI A MINOR. 51 would appear at F; it had two entrances on each fide, and the feats ofit were carried up the hill to a great height, and continued up the backpart of it at G, feveral feet higher than on the fides; there feem to havebeen but four vomitoria ; fo that the greateft part of the fpeflators mufthave either defcended from the hill into the theatre, or afcended fromthe bottom. By the manner in which the ground lies, one may fee thatthere have been great buildings to the weft of the theatr
. A description of the East, and some other countries . JlELAN of tne TEMPLE Of DIANA at ElHESUS I ASI A MINOR. 51 would appear at F; it had two entrances on each fide, and the feats ofit were carried up the hill to a great height, and continued up the backpart of it at G, feveral feet higher than on the fides; there feem to havebeen but four vomitoria ; fo that the greateft part of the fpeflators mufthave either defcended from the hill into the theatre, or afcended fromthe bottom. By the manner in which the ground lies, one may fee thatthere have been great buildings to the weft of the theatre, and to thefouth of them there is a fquare M, which is funk down, and has a hang-ing ground all round within, as if there had been feats, which gave mereafon to conjefture that it might have been a naumachium, and par-ticularly, as 1 obferved, to the weft a hollow ground, like the bed ofla canal, extending towards the lake near the temple oi Diana, by whichthe water might be let into the bafon. There feems to have been a co-ilonade round at the top
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