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every side in the most rugged and fantastic forms ; sometimes 

 strangely piled one on the other, and sometimes as strangely 

 yawning in clefts of a frightful depth. In the midst of this 

 chaos there rises into sight one finished work, distinguished 

 by profuseness of ornament and richness of detail. It is the 

 same which has been described as visible from other elevated 

 points, but which we were never able to arrive at ; it bears 

 N.E. half N. from this spot ; but the number and intricacy of 

 the vallies and ravines which we supposed might have led us 

 to it, baffled all our attempts. No guide was to be found. 

 With the assistance of the glass we made out the fa9ade to 

 be larger to all appearance than that of the temple at the 

 eastern approach, and nowise inferior to it in richness and 

 beauty. It is hewn out of the rock, and seemed to be com- 

 posed of two tiers of columns, of which the upper range is 

 Ionic. The centre of the monument is crowned with a vase of 

 gigantic proportion ; the whole appeared to be in a high state 

 of preservation. It may perhaps be an ornament to the northern 

 approach to the city, similarly situated to that on the eastern 

 side from Mount Hor. Petra is intercepted and concealed by 

 the prominences of the mountains. An artist who would 

 study rock scenery in all its wildest and most extravagant 

 forms, and in colours which to one who has not seen them 

 would scarcely appear to be in nature, would find himself re- 

 warded should he resort to Mount Hor for that sole purpose. 



Aet. VII. — Notice of' the Principal Meteorological Pheno- 

 mena in the last eight months of 1 826 at Patna and Fut- 

 tehpore. By Alexander F. Lind, Esq. of the Bengal 

 Civil Service. Communicated by the Author. 



ABSTRACT of a Meteorological Diary kept from the 1st 

 May to the 24th July at Patna, Lat. 25° ST N. Long. 85° 

 15' East ; and from the 6th September to the Slst Decem- 

 ber at Futtehpore, Lat. 25° 56^ N. Long. 80° 45^ East ; and 

 during the intermediate period on the River Ganges, be- 

 tween Patna and Bitora, (Futtehpore.) 



