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HE two central pillars of the six which remain have circular shafts, with perpendicular flutings in bands, sixteen-sided above and below, and thirty-two in the two middle compartments.

The two next on either hand have diagonal flutings, and less ornament at the top and bottom.

The two beyond these are comparatively plain octagons, with only slight ornamental markings, and the half columns are square, with only a circular necking below the square block of the capital. All these pillars, however, have bracket capitals of similar design, though the sculpture in each is varied. The whole effect is that of a well considered and carefully elaborated design, though, perhaps, hardly so appropriate to rock architecture as the design of No. 4, and some of the simpler Caves of the series. 47