. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 135 ornaments continue around the sides, which are divided into two compartments, different in their arrangement, though not in style. Attached to the angles are large projecting hooks, skilfully worked, and perfect rosettes and stars, with spears reversed, are put together â with the utmost precision. " The. ornaments are composed of small square blocks of stone, cut to the depth of about one to one and a half inches, a
. The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette. Architecture; Civil engineering; Science. 1843.] THE CIVIL ENGINEER AND ARCHITECT'S JOURNAL. 135 ornaments continue around the sides, which are divided into two compartments, different in their arrangement, though not in style. Attached to the angles are large projecting hooks, skilfully worked, and perfect rosettes and stars, with spears reversed, are put together â with the utmost precision. " The. ornaments are composed of small square blocks of stone, cut to the depth of about one to one and a half inches, apparently with the most delicate instruments, and inserted by a shaft in the wall. The wall is made of large and uniformly square blocks of limestone, set in a mortar which appears to be as durable as the stone itself. In the ornamental borders of this building I could discover but little ana- logy with those known to me. The most striking were those of the cornice and entablature, chevron and the cable moulding, which are characteristic of the Norman architecture. " The sides have three door-ways, each opening into small apart- ments, which are finished with smooth square blocks of stone; the floors of the same material, but have been covered with cement, which is now broken. The apartments are small, owing to the mas- sive walls enclosing them, and the acute-angled arch, forming the ceiling. The working and laying of the stone are as perfect as they could have been under the directions of a modern ; Another description we take from him is that of the ruins of Zayi. " The Ruins of Zavi are situated in the midst of a succession of beautiful hills, forming around them, on every side, an enchanting landscape. " The principal one is composed of a single struc- ture, an immense pile, facing the south, and standing upon a slight natural elevation. The first foundation is now so broken that its original form cannot be fully de- termined ; but it probabl
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