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40 THE TOMB OF MAUSOLUS. is the perfect model for all tombs." Pausanias also says that its size was great and its decorations magnificent. It is easy from these accounts to get some general idea of the monument, and before the site had been explored many A Fig. 31.— Types of Proposed Restorations. restorations had been suggested. The finds fully confirmed the general good faith and accuracy of the descriptions. One main difficulty of interpretation arose in that sides of 63 feet and shorter fronts will not make up a circuit of 41 1 or 440 feet, and the restorations fall into two groups— (a) the small plan.