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                                                                      	The dogt band b c fig 3 is all in one pieve of marble;
                                                                      it is 3¾ in. over;  The base of the dogt. is 2 in
                                                                      over and each side of the dogteeth is an equilateral
                                                                      of 2 in each side, or nearly so, the inner sides of the
                                                                      base being of course a little smaller than the outer.
                                                                      There are 36 dogt. round;  also with an interval at
                                                                      lowest and highest point - of course I mean merely that
                                                                      there is a separation and not a tooth by the term interval
	The raising of the band at b and c is from ¼ to ½ an inch            then being no wider interval at bottom than elsewhere.
	only.                                                                The diameter of the inner green circle is 1 " 8  It is
                                                                      I think of Genoa serpentine:  at all events of a flaky
                                                                      micaceous greenstone, much decomposed.
                                                                      The centrel boss is of white marble;  at fig 4 p 48 1
                                                                      about 2½ in wide, by 1½ high.  It seems fastened by
                                                                      a nail.
                                                                      The most singular point about the ornament is the per-
                                                                      fect preservation of the dogt. which seen in hard compact
                                                                      marble, and the decomposition of the dentil;  which is in
                                                                      Greek marble; q can the latter be older?  Has it any
	x.  The point of the Ninth arch from Noah is under the               thing to do with the old sugary white capitals of upper
singular marble capital of the upper arcade, let this be x            arcade.
fig 1 above:  Then the central balcony has its centre                        Another of these decorations is left over the 10th capital
between this and the one to the east of it;  and it is                between the 9th and 10th arch from Noah x  vid opposite
thus placed, symmetrically by the upper 4 foils                       above.  Its measures are precisely
including 2 entire and about a third on each side, but
unsymmetrically by the great lower arches and this circu-
lar decoration, which by the bye is of course too much
inside in this figure, it should be exactly under the
small shaft C.

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