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the remains of private habitations, at about two hundred yards
distant from it aré the remains of a small temple (b), with three
Corinthian pillars still standing. A street, still paved in some
places, leads from thence south-westwards, to a spot where several
small broken columns are lying. Turning from thence to the south
east, I entered a street (c) adorned with a colonnade on either side ;
about thirty broken shafts are yet standing, and two entire co
lumns, but without their capitals. On the other side of the street,
opposite to them, are five columns, with their capitals and entabla
tures. These columns are rather small, without pedestals, of differ
ent sizes, the highest being about fifteen feet, and in a bad taste.
Originally there must have been about fifty pillars in this street ;
a little farther on to the south-east this street crosses the principal
street of the town ; and where the two streets meet, are four large
cubical masses of stone (d), each occupying one of the angles of
the intersection, similar to those which I saw at Shohba, and in
tended, perhaps, to imitate the beautiful pedestals in the middle of
the great portico at Palmyra. These cubes are about seven feet
high, and about eighteen spans broad; on each side of them is a
small niche ; three are entire, and the fourth is in ruins. They may
have served as pedestals for statues, or, like those at Palmyra, may
have supported a small dome upon columns, under which stood a
statue. I endeavoured to examine the tops of the cubes, but they
are all thickly overgrown with shrubs, which it was not in my
power to clear away. There were no traces whatever of statues
having stood upon those which I saw at Shohba.
Following the great street, marked (e), south-westwards, I came
again to the remains of columns on both sides: these were much
larger than the former, and the street, of which some parts of the
pavement yet remain, was much broader than that marked (c).
On the right hand side of the street stand seventeen Corinthian
