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is so ruined, that we shall give no further details of it than we have offered to our readers, merely stating, that its form appeared to have been round, in which particular it differs from amphitheatres in general, which are usually of an oblong figure. The diameter of the circle may be reckoned at about two hundred and fifty Enghsh feet, including the cunei and arena.

The remains marked {a) are the same which Bruce describes as those of an Ionic temple ; there is nothing, however, (that we can perceive) in the disposition of what still exists of their plan, to authorize such a conclusion ; and we have considered them as the remains of a palace, or other residence of more than ordinary importance.

The three remaining columns appear to have formed part of a colonnade extending itself round the court-yard, which has already been described as situated above an extensive range of cisterns : remains of tessellated pavement are still observable in the court-yard, and the walls which inclose it are very decided ; the columns have been raised on a basement of several feet in height, as will be seen in the vignette in which they are represented. Without these, to the northward, are ranges of fallen columns of much larger dimensions than those we have just mentioned ; but they are so much encumbered, that we have not ventured to lay them down in the plan : they are of the Corinthian order, and the capitals are well executed. A little beyond these, to the northward and north-eastward, are other remains of columns, which once belonged to a building of some importance, the plan of which cannot be given without excavation ; and, indeed, we may observe, with respect to the numerous masses of fallen columns.