272 ACCOUNT OF 



EXTRACTS OF A JOURNAL, 



BY MAJOR C. MACKENZIE. 



Feb. 2-1, 1797. NeAR Calyam. On arriving at Mud- 

 girl several appearances, indicated a change in the 

 country, viz. the style of building of the pagodas ; 

 as we here found them of the mosque kind, with 

 domes and pillars in front ; others in which the Lin- 

 gam was worshipped of *a large size: in the Derval 

 of Ramalingam, one of them was a groupe of five 

 Luigams *, and a great number of stones were placed 

 round the temple, covered with sculptures. At a 

 temple of Hamiman (the only one seen since M''e 

 came into the Canara country,) were several sculp- 

 tures, also placed round the building; in one, a god 

 or hero carried a cocoa tree ; another was drawing a 

 bow ; a hand, in one place, covers a horseman ; and 

 an inscription, in two columns, w\as surmounted by 

 the sun, moon, Lin gam, &c. 



But that which most attracted my attention, 

 was, close to the mud wall, a round temple of blue 

 stone, with a portico of four pillars, curiously carved 

 and ornamented : in the portal within, facing the 

 north, was a figure, sitting cross legged, naked, his 

 head covered with curls, like the figure of Budd'h ; 

 tlie nose was defaced, and a fracture run tln'ough the 

 figure. The annexed sketch will give some idea of 

 itf. A poor woman, near, said it was " the image 

 of Cfdndco, or Jain-dco.'" Without was a greater 

 figure of the sr.me kind, also apparently defaced 



* The five Lhi^amH, sigiiifyini]; tlie powers of nature uniled in its 

 five conijjoueut elements, are sometimes seen in this lorni. C. M. 



t Plate 4. 



