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XX. 



ACCOUNT OF THE 



PAGODA AT PERWUTTUM. 



EXTRACT OF A JOURNAL BY CAPTAIN COLIN 



MACKENZIE, 

 COMMUNICATED BY MAJOR KIRKPATRICK. 



* 1 *HE Pagoda of Perwuttum, hitherto unknown to 



1- Europeans, is iituated near the fouth bank of 

 the Kiitna, in a wild tract of country, almoll un- 

 inhabited, except by the Chinfuars, about 



r ()5 miles W. of Inawada in Guntoor. 

 • Horizontal] 63 miles E. N. E. ofCanoul. 



alliance ) And fuppofed to be 103 miles S. 

 I and -v E. of Hydrabad. 



March 14th, 1/Q4. — Having fent notice, to the ma- 

 nager of the revenues (the principal officers of the 

 circar) that I was defirous of feeing the Pagoda, pro- 

 vided there was no objection, I was informed atnpon, 

 that I might go in. The manager did not appear very 

 defirous of paying any of the common civilities, 

 but the Brahmens crowded round to conduct 

 me into the place. On entering the fouth gate, 

 we defcended by fieps, and through a final 1 

 door, to the inner court, where the temples are : 

 in the centre was the Pagoda of Mallecarjee, the 

 principal deity worfhipped here. It is fquare, 

 and the roof is terminated by a pyramid of iteps ; 

 the whole walls and roof on the outride, are co- 

 vered with brafs plates, which have been gilt, but 

 the gilding is now worn off. Thefe plates are joined to- 

 gether by fmall bars and fockets, fo that the whole may 

 be taken off without damage the fpire or pyramid is 

 not above thirty feet from the ground ; the plates are 



T 4 plain. 



