. A description of the East, and some other countries . ound it feven feet ten inches dia-meter; they are eight feet and an inch apart, fo that the intercolurana-tion is but little more than one diameter, of which, I believe, there arefew inftances; what is called the Pycnoftyle, which is a diameter and ahalf, being the leaft that is mentioned by the antients. To the weft ofthe nine pillars is the bafe of a tenth; and in a line from it, I faw thebafes of pillars acrofs, which fhewed the end of the colonade; and bythe meafures, I imagine it confifted of ten pillars in breadth; fome ofthe broken
. A description of the East, and some other countries . ound it feven feet ten inches dia-meter; they are eight feet and an inch apart, fo that the intercolurana-tion is but little more than one diameter, of which, I believe, there arefew inftances; what is called the Pycnoftyle, which is a diameter and ahalf, being the leaft that is mentioned by the antients. To the weft ofthe nine pillars is the bafe of a tenth; and in a line from it, I faw thebafes of pillars acrofs, which fhewed the end of the colonade; and bythe meafures, I imagine it confifted of ten pillars in breadth; fome ofthe broken ones are ftill remaining on their bafes. To the eaft of thenine pillars, I found that there were fix more in the fame row, fo thatthere were in all fixteen in length; and 1 had reafon to conclude, thatthere were no more; fo that this temple was pretty near in the fameproportion as the other, which has eight pillars in breadth, and fourteenin length; a plan of it, as I fuppofe it was defigned, may be feen atA. in the feventeenth plate. See note q. The. A. FLjIN of an xmflntfhed TEMPLE at SAAIySE CK.,and of die BUILDINGS leading to it.
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