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 The Palace. 19 to convey by words alone a true idea of this elegant and singular building. We therefore give two plans (Figs. 6 and 7), a longitudinal and a transverse section (Figs. 8 and 9), and 3rir_r &3 Fig. 6. — Ground plan of the " Royal Pavilion " ; frcn Lepsius. Fig. 7 — Plan of the first floor of the " Koyal Pavilion " ; from Lepsius. a restoration in perspective (Plate VII.). To those coming from the plain the first thing encountered was a pair of lodges for guards, with battlements round their summits like the pavilion itself /^ c^ 'n i. 2 3 4- 5 Fig. 8. — Longitudinal section of the pavilion ; restored. and its surroundinof walls. The barrier which is shown in our plate between the two lodges is restored from a painting at Thebes, but the two half piers which support its extremities