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LVIII. 



Skeleton Mantis, and Oil plant of Guzerai. 



There is as great a variety of plants cultivated for the oil which is ex- 

 pressed from their seeds, as there is of the Mantis tribe of insects, in 

 Guzerat. The plant here delineated is one of the most delicate of its 

 kind ; and the mantis, or soothsayer, a singular variety among the creep- 

 ing-leaves, begging-flies, and other insects of the mantis tribe. 



LIX. 



The Durbar, and adjacent Scenery at Dhuboy. 



This plate represents the durbar, or palace of the former Hindoo gover- 

 nors, after being a little altered to the English fashion. It is pleasantly situ- 

 ated on the border of a tank, surrounded by temples and sacred groves of 

 the brahmins. The fore-ground represents that part where cattle were 

 generally led to water. The other sides are enclosed by walls of hewn 

 stone, with steps to the water. 



LX. 



The Gate of Diamonds at Dhuboy. 



The Memoirs contain a particular account of the Eastern Gate at Dhuboy, 

 and assign a reason for this distinguishing appellation. The plate repre- 

 sents its present ruinous state, and the remains of its former magnificence, 

 in the temple and adjoining part of the city walls. 



LXI. 



Specimen of Hindoo Sculpture on the Gate of Diamonds, at Dhuboy. 



This composition was selected to convey some idea of the immense pro- 

 fusion of sculpture bestowed on this celebrated eastern portal, particu- 



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