Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1909-09-21

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teen PAGES square. and twenty five
feet high; the walls and roof ere
, quite smooth, and y thout th
smallest decoration The snrpFIR-
ing effect of the whole is heighteu-
ed by the sit4at1on and the
strangeness Of the approach,
Half seen at first through the dim
and marrow opening, col7mns.
statutes and cornices gradually
appear as if fresh from the chjsal,
without tie tinte or weather-staln2
of age, and executed in stone of 81
pale rose colour. This splendid
archite cturaI elevation has been
so contrived th4b a statue, per
haps Of Victory, with expanded
wings; just fills the centre Of the
aperture in front. which ;e3ng
C-OScu ptiON ilN tiit lH yes "a IllE
rocks folding oyer each other,
gives to the figure the appeQrapce
Of being suspended in the sir at
considerable height; the rugged
ness OF the cliffs beneath settiug
off the sculpture to bh3 greatest
advantage, No rait If this stu
pendous temple ia bui't t, the VIII 'o
being heWn from the solid rock;
and it's minntest embellishments,
wherever the hand of man has not
purposeIy etfaced 5hen1, are SO
perfect that it may be doubted
whether any work Of the &ncjo' Is
except perhaps some Oh the b,uAs
of the Nile, has survived with d
little injury from the lapse Of
time. There is scarcely 4 build
ing to he found of forty years
standing so fresh and we'll preser-
we'd in Its architectural t}ecor9-
tions as the Kazr Faraoun. which
Buckhardb represents as one of
the most elegant remains Of an
tjquity he had found in Syrip.
The ruins Of the city i5saJi opau
on the view with singular effect,
liter winding two or three mills
through tie dark rayi4o. Homhs
present themselves uot only III
every avenue wlthin it, and III
every precipice that Surrounds 1T,
but even iutermlxed almost III
miscuousIy with its public and
domestic edificef; so that pergG
has been truly deuominates oua
vast metropolis, ar city Of the drnd.
1t contains above two hundred
and fifty sepuichres, which are
occas ona!ly exc4Vatede in tiaJa
one above the other; aud in places
where the side of the cliff u 80
perpendicular that it seems I'M
possible to approach the upper
most, 10 access whatever beng
visible There a:e basida nllmor~
Gus maus0leums Of colossal di-
mensi5us, and in state Of Won-
derfui preservation. Near tee
west end OF the wady are tho re-
III aius of q stately 7ditico, the
Kazr Bqnit Fara"un, OF palace Of
Piaraoh's daughter OF which .a-
Iy psr5 of she wall Is LET'S stand.
ing. Towards the middle OF the
valley. on the south side, arc two
large trunicated pyramids, and a
theatre, with compIete rows Of
benches, capable of Containing
above 1000 spectators, al cut oat
Of the solid rock The ground is
covered Vi it'll heaps Of hewn st3re7,
foundations of building, fr9s
mants of pillars and veetiesa OF
pay9d streets. the sad mamoria
Of departed greatness On the
left bank of the river is rising
ground, extending westward for
about throe. quarters Of s mile, en-
tirely strawn with SIMILAR r~iica.
On the right bank. whore he
ground is more elevated, ruins O.
the same description are 30 bH
4eaD. III the eastern cliff th@re
are upwards of fifty separate Sc
Dulchras, close to each other.
Chora are also the remains d o
palace and several temples; gro
toes in vast numbers, not sepul"
ohral; inches sometimes excavated
to the height Of thirty feet, with
altars for votlve off rings, or with
pyramids, columns and obelisAs;
horiz ,ntal grooves, for the CONVEX
ance OF water, cut along the face
of the rock, and even across the
architectural parts of some Of the
axcovati0ne. dunil;ngs nc0nDn1