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animals of various kinds, fuch as in that at Madura, I have 

 feen at Mr. Aiifon\ of Shugboroughy two lions cut in «i dark 

 porphyry, brought from this pagoda. Mr. Ives fays, that it 

 has three precinils, and that the towers are in the inner, and 

 that it has a tank or refervoir of water for the purpofes of 

 ablutions ; and that the chief deity was kept in a darkfome 

 repofitory. 



In the eruption made by Ayder AH into thefe parts in 1781, Porto Novo 

 he flung a garrifon into this pagoda. It was attacked by Sir 

 Eyre Coote on 'June i8th, who was repulfed with great lofs. 

 This misfortune was fpeedily repaired by the great abilities of 

 our commander. The enemy hemmed him in on one fide, the 

 fea on the other. He was threatened with detl:ru6tion from an 

 army of eighty thoufand men, well appointed in all refpeds, to 

 which he had to oppofe only feven thoufand, and thofe in 

 danger of famine from the difficulty of fupplies. The fate 

 of h2dia was decided near Torto Novo on July ift. Ayder ^ elate 

 with fuccefs, was deaf to the remonftrances of the early genius 

 of Tippoo Saeb, his eldeft fon, and offered battle. The difpofition 

 and wonderful manoeuvres of our commander procured the 

 merited fuccefs : a general route enfued, and Ayder'?, troops 

 fled on every fide. 



The archite(5lure of thefe temples varies; thofe oi Malabar t 

 and thofe of Bengal^ have a different form. The enthnfiaftic 

 refpe(5l paid to the pagodas by the unfeigned piety of the In- 

 diansy is exemplarily great. Thofe buildings are of fuch 

 ftrength as frequently to induce the Europeans to fling fmall 

 bodies of troops into them, and make them temporary for- 



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