Whether the colossal figure be a petrifaction or a piece of
statuary, it is a mystery and a success. Who carved it?. When
was it made? Whom does it represent? What is its lesson?
Why was it hidden? How happens it that tradition is silent
about it? These are puzzling questions, which at present are
solved only by conjecture.
Let no one imagine that he has an adequate conception of this wonder
till he has seen it, with his own eyes. Description seems to be
no aid whatever; ocular inspection is positively necessary.
He who fails to see the curiosity in its present locality and
position, will have reason to regret this neglect or misfortune
all his life time.