4l8 DESCRIPTION OF THE CAVES, ScC. ON' TIIET 



TEEN TAL. J/pe^ W. lo S. 

 Proceeding a fev; yards to the fouthward of Dus Ou- 

 taVy you reach the excavation called ^ecn Tal (or three 

 itories). Tlie entrance to this ftrufture is from a level 

 furface, through a good gate, in a wall left as the rock 

 vas hewn, into a fine area, as yet but little choked with 

 earth or fragments. The front of this-cxcavation has a 

 fine and fimple appearance, being compofed of eight 

 fquare pillars and twopilafters in each ftory,all of which 

 are unadorned, except the two centre ones of the ground 

 ftory, the ornamenting of which, however, has not af- 

 fected their quadrangular form. After entering the area 

 a few paces, it widens, and in the left hand corner is a 

 refervoir of fine water; indeed, all the water in thefe 

 cilterns is uniformly fine and clear. In the fide of the 

 area, oppofite the water ciftern, is a raifed excavation, 

 but of no note. The lower ftory confifts of fix pillar* 

 in depth, and at the extremity of the middle aifle, is a 

 recefs containing a gigantic image of Seys. Proceed- 

 ing up the middle aifle, the excavation narrows at the 

 fourth pillar, and continues fo to the end, having on 

 each fide a fmall room, and in the next pannel on each 

 fide two very large fitting figures; that on the right of 

 SuKUR AcHARY, and on the left of Adnaut. On each 

 fide the door there are alfo large figures. Afcend- 

 ing from the ground floor by a good ftair cafe on the 

 right hand fide, the raifed recefs "mentioned above 

 fronts you, which has a large fitting figure of Cover e, 

 and feveral others, that in any other place would 

 not be unworthy notice. Proceeding to afcend by 

 the fame fine Itairs, you enter the noble veranda of 

 the fecond ftor)-, oppofite the entrance of which is a 

 recefs with the figure of Jum feated in it. There 

 is a door way at each end of the veranda leading 

 to four rooms in each extreme fide of the rock. 

 From thefe doors, the wall of the rock is continued to 

 the third pillar on each fide, and to the fecond in depth, 

 to give fpace for two rooms on each fide, but without 

 figures. This continuation of the wall narrows the open- 

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