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 Bk. IV. Ch. VI. PALACE AT MASHITA. 389 namented by an equilateral triangular pediment, filled with the richest sculpture. In that shown in AVoodcut No. 264, two large animals are 264. Oue CMiiiparlinent ol ^Veslel■l^ Oclagou Tower ut llie Persian i-'alace at JSlasliila. represented facing one another on the opposite sides of a vase, on which are two doves, and out of which springs a vine which spreads over the whole surface of the triangle, inters])ersed with birds and