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144 CATALOGUE OF SCULPTUEE.dra-wn back his left arm to prepare a blow, probably witlia sword. The action of his right shoulder shows that hehas seized the Centaur by the hair with his right hand.A drawing by Feodor, one of the artists employed byLord Elgin at Athens, shows that the left arm and leftleg of the Lapith, now wanting, were then perfect,and that he may have worn a bronze helmet up to the datewhen the drawing was made. The direction of the missingportions of the left arm and leg is indicated by projectionson the ground of the relief. The right arm waswanting from the elbow. In Carrey's drawing, all theright arm of the Centaur is given ; but his legs weremutilated.Mus. MiirbleSf VII., pi. 14; Michaelis, pi. 4, ssxii. ; Stereoscopic,Ko. 95.Of the thirty-two metopes which originally adornedthe north side of the Parthenon, only twelve (i.-iii. andxxiv.-xxxii. of Michaelis, pi. 4) remain in their originalposition, and three of these (ii., xxvi., xxx.) are so defacedthat their subjects cannot be made out.In the explosionof 1687, twenty metopes (iv.-xxiii.) were destroyed, allbut a few fragments. The subjects of the metopes whichhave perished may have been the combats of Centaursand Lapiths. Michaelis supposes xxiv., xxv. to representa scene from the taking of Troy.322. The only metope from the north side, of which acast is exhibited in the British Museum, is the last of theseries, at the north-west angle of the temple. It representsa draped female figure seated on a rock, towardswhom advances from the left another draped femalefigure, extending forward her left hand muffled indrapery. Both figures wear talaric chitons, over whichfall diploidia and mantles. The figure advancing wearssandals. The folds of the drapery are very rich andabundant. There is a careful drawing of this metope by