404 DESCRIPTION OF THE CAVKS, &C. ON THE 



Many of the pillars of this cave are elaborately or- 

 raiiicntefl. Very near this cave is another small one 

 containing tlie Ling of Mahdew, M'hich does not 

 require particular notice, and still a little further, 

 another of considerable dimensions, but quite plain, 

 and almost choked up both within and at the entry. 



There are also three or four other excavations of 

 the same rank between the last mentioned and the 

 next great w ork of Kej//as. 



Dimensions. 



Fict. Imhti, 



Length of the iiali, including the recess at 



each end of nine feet each, - 90 8 



Depth of the cave, including the recess in 

 Avhich the temple stands, 



Heio-ht, 



Square of the temple in the recess, 



The fiont of this excavation has four pillars and 

 two pilasters; and at the commencement of the re- 

 cess, two pillars and two pilasters. 



KEYLAS alias Paradise. Asliect JFest. 



This A/onderful i)lace is approached more hand- 

 somely than any of the foregoing; and exhibits a 

 very fine front, in an area cut through the rock. 

 On the right hand side of the entrance is a cistern of 

 very fine water. On eaeh side of the gatcwa}-, 

 there is a projection, reaching to the first story, 

 >\ith much sculpture and handsome battlements, 

 which, however, have aulfcred much from the cor- 

 roding hand of time. The gateway is very spa- 

 cious and fine, furnished with apartments on each 

 side that are now usually added to the Deicries of 

 the eastern paluceis. Over, the gate, is a balcony, 



which 



