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 68 HISTORY OF ART IN ANTIQUITY. of stone blocks piled one upon the other without cement. At one end of the depression, pierced in the solid rock, is a kind of arcade which opens into a grotto extending far into the depths of the mountain, but which is choked up by the falling away of the calcareous stone. On either side of the grotto are stone seats, finely polished. Externally, right and left of the doorway, runs a gallery one metre wide, which seems to have been made to facilitate the duty of the watch set to guard the cavern. The grotto was FlG. 42. Rock--cut bust. Drawn by A. Martin. originally entered by a staircase, the lower steps of which are now buried under rubbish, which has gathered to a considerable height in the hollow. It is possible that a clean sweep of the detritus would result in curious finds. Every detail about the grotto indicates that it was formerly a fane. The Wall planted in a hollow is assuredly not a defensive wall ; whilst the rock-cut benches in- side the grotto, and in especial the bust which only a few years ago (1868) l stood over the doorway (Fig. 42), are as unlike what we should expect to find around a fortified enclosure as can well be 1 WEBER (I.e Sipylos, p. 113) says, "Une grotte se trouvait au dessus de la tete." TRS.