GG Major Gill — On Ilemadpauli Temples in W. Berar. [Feb. 



seek refuge in the forest which was within a hundred yards of us. The 

 mahout on my elephant, hy pressing the point of a hit of bamhoo he 

 had to drive the animal with against its forehead, persuaded him to believe 

 that there was more to fear from the front than the rear, and so the animal 

 stood grumbling till the tremulous motion of the earth subsided and the 

 rumbling ceased. I saw the pad elephant just disappearing into the forest 

 with his riders, and sent men after them to pick the unfortunates up, if 

 they chanced to have been thrown off, and waited some time, but as they 

 did not appear, I continued my course back to camp, and had the satisfac- 

 tion of seeing the runaway bringing his riders along at full speed in the 

 same direction when I was near my tent. Being on an elephant, I did not 

 feel the motion of the ground nor did I perceive the trees move or the 

 earth undulate, but the villagers I spoke to, seemed to think it was more 

 severe the further I proceeded ; and I noticed fissures in the moist sand of 

 the river all in the same direction (east and west) athwart the course of 

 the earthquake. I was met by a number of natives on my arrival, and they 

 informed me that it was here almost as severe an earthquake as that which 

 occurred in 18G9, and that the first smart shock had been followed by two 

 slight ones at short intervals. I must have been just within the left or 

 southern margin of the course the current passed along. To-morrow I hope 

 to be able to ascertain how far northward the shock was felt." 



2. From the Secretary to the Government of India, Home Depart- 

 ment, (Public) forwarding a set of 21 photographs taken by Major R. Gill 

 of the temples in the Buldana and Bassein districts in west Berar. 



The following extracts from Major Gill's notes accompanying the pho- 

 tographs are of interest. 



Extracts from notes on Hemadpauti Temples Sfc., made during a tour 

 through a portion of West Berar in 186S, 1869 and in Mag, 1871 bg 

 Major Gill. 



Jaipur Kotli'. 

 At Jaipur Kotli, 14 miles north of Buldana, are two old temples ; the 

 finest is in the centre of the village, and the smaller one outside at a short dis- 

 tance to the south-east. The general plan of the larger temple is in the form 

 of a cross, with the larger arm to the west, and the entrance to the east. 

 The portico which formed the east end, however, has now almost entirely 

 fallen away. The south wing contains two small recesses, the outer one 

 open at the top ; the corresponding one in the north wing is only an enclosed 

 recess containing a linga and yoni. The centre of the temple is fifteen 

 feet two inches by fifteen feet one inch. In the centre of this the floor is 

 slightly raised, forming a sort of square dais, at the corners of which are 

 four columns eight feet eight inches in height, of the same style as those at 



