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Chap. XI.
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dimensions: both would be enclosed, with their side walls, by a circle 75 feet in diameter. The left-hand cone at Mnaidra would be nearly of the same diameter; but at Gozo the corresponding
179.
Plan of Monument of Mnaidra. From one by Corporal Mortimer.
enclosure would require to be, and in fact was, 100 feet in diameter, and the inner room, measuring 80 feet by 50 feet, including the apse, was the largest and finest apartment of the class in the islands.
180.
Section, on the line A B, through Lower Pair of Chambers, Mnaidra.
The section through the lower chambers (woodcut No. 180) will suffice to explain the general appearance of these buildings in-
