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rock, that the fragments have fallen; which de- 

 form and obstruct the entry. The four occtions 

 decrease gradually in length, the last being a re- 

 cess, on each side of the door of which there are 

 handsome o-iijantic fio-ures, the ri^ht hand one hav- 

 ing a straight sword in his hand; the other is muti- 

 lated; but there is no figure within the recess, though 

 there is a pedestal that seems intended to receive 

 one. 



Dimensions. 



Teet. Imhtt, 



Depth from the first pillars to the back of 



the recess - - - 31 



Length, laterally, - - -57 



GHANA, or the Oil-shop. 



This is a small group of little rooms a ^t\v yards 

 from the dast, and pro!)abIy takes its name from a 

 place like that used by oil-men for expressing oil. It 

 merits little notice, otherwise than as exhibiting a 

 fi2'ure of the idol Gunnes, and the Z/;?£r of Mah- 

 DEW. Very near it is another group of small rooms 

 of nearly the same style with two Lings of Mahdew. 



NEELKUNT MAHDEW, AsliectW.^.W, 



This excavation is a few yards from the last. At 

 its entrance is the bull Nundee, in a square enclo- 

 sure, on which time has made its ravasies. After 

 passing this figure of Nioidee, you ascend into the 

 cave by a \'t\v steps, on each side of which on the 

 wall at the extremity are two figures that seem to be 

 of a military order. Opposite the door is a recess 

 with the L'mg of Mahdew made of very fine smooth 

 stone. This excavation, like many of the preceding 

 ones, is composed of sections formed b}' rows of pil- 

 lars decreasing in lateral length to the recess. In 

 the right hand wall of the section, before you reach 

 the recess, is the figure of Swammv Kartick; and 

 on the opposite side Gunnes, mutilated of his 



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