Note 7 — Chapter XXXVII
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The counting of these columns is undoubtedly a puzzle. M. Dulhoit, the intelligent director of the department of Historical Monuments in Algeria, has made an elaborate plan of the Mosque. He says the following is an entirely correct computation of the pillars:—
The court 497
Two minarets 16
Doors 30
Angles 4
547
It is to be noted that some of the pillars are so placed as to be almost invisible to the casual spectator.