Slab vii. is a cast from the original, which was removed from the Acropolis by Choiseul-Gouffier in 1787, and is now in the Louvre. The right foot of the magistrate (No. 48) is cast from a fragment which is still at Athens. [Rightnote: VIII.] [Sidenote: 56.] [Sidenote: 57, 58] [Sidenote: 59, 60] The next maiden (No. 56), assisted by No. 55, holds a thymiaterion with a conical cover, used for burning incense. Censers of this form are not uncommon on Greek vases. (Cf. Vases in the B. M., C. 32, E. 98, E. 241, E. 285, E. 352.) Next follow two figures (Nos. 57, 58), each carrying in the right hand a jug, oinochoè, then two more (Nos. 59, 60), carrying phialae. In this slab the heads of Nos. 57, 59, 60, which have been adjusted to their places since the publication of the work of Michaelis, are cast from the originals at Athens. The slab in its present condition is shown in Mitchell, _Selections_, pl. 4. [Rightnote: IX.] The east side of the frieze was completed by the short return of a slab which was still in existence in the time of Stuart. On this slab were two maidens, belonging to the procession. The second of these carried a phialè. NORTH FRIEZE OF THE PARTHENON. [Sidenote: =325.=] At the head of the procession on the north side we meet a troop of cows and sheep, led by an escort. Each cow is led by cords held by two youths, one on each side; each sheep is led by one boy. There are some grounds for the conjecture that the Athenian colonists contributed each a cow and two sheep to the festival, while the Athenians are not known to have sacrificed anything except cows. It is therefore presumed that the victims on this side of the frieze, on which alone sheep are represented, are some of the colonial offerings; and in that case the men by whom the victims are conducted would be the Theori sent by the Colonies. [Rightnote: I.] Slab i. (see Plate vii.) was complete in the time of Carrey, and partly extant in the time of Stuart. It contains the first cow, led by two youths, who are standing still, and the head and shoulders of the second cow. [Rightnote: II.] [Sidenote: 1, 2.] [Sidenote: 3, 4.] Nos. 1 and 2 walk on each side of the second cow, which is going quietly, as is shown by the way in which the youths are closely wrapped up in their himatia. The rope by which the beast is led was probably painted on the marble. The third cow is restive, and only restrained with difficulty by Nos. 3 and 4. Here also the rope was probably painted. This slab was discovered in 1833, beneath its original position on the Parthenon. [Rightnote: III.] [Sidenote: 5, 6.]