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Bā'ûdi November 7-8, 1899.

This ruined town is only 15 minutes east
of Bābisḳa It is smaller than the latter
town and of totally different architectural
character. The buildings consist chiefly
of long two story colonnades as if the place
were chiefly a market town - a few detached
houses stand on the outskirts and
a small church close to the markets.

The two story colonnades are, most of
them of rather ornamental character
having ^ rectangular ^ moulded caps in the lower and
upper colonnades and moulded architraves.
The upper story is preserved in each case
with single block pannels between the
supports. These usually bear some symbol or
ornament in the centre. ^ No stone roofs. ^ The buildings
to which these colonnades are attached are
unlike those of Bābisḳa in that they
are generally built of rough polygonal
blocks laid in yellow clay. The doorways and
windows only being framed in large blocks.