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partment, a copy of a letter from Major General Cunningham, for- 
warding his daily report of occupations for February last. 
2. From the Under Secretary, Government of India, Public 
Works Department, a printed copy of a memo. by Major General 
Cunningham, regarding the life-size statues recently discovered inside 
the Delhi palace, together with a copy of the report of his occupations 
in January last. 
Mr. Bayley read the memorandum as follows:— 
“1, On the information furnished to me by Mr. Cooper, Deputy 
Commissioner of Delhi, I went to the palace to inspect the fragments 
of two human statues in red stone, and of two statues of elephants 
in black stone, which had lately been found in clearing away some old 
building inside the area of the palace walls. 
“2. The two human statues which are of life-size are formed of 
single blocks of the well-known reddish chocolate-coloured sandstone 
of Futtehpore Sikri. One of the heads is missing, and the other is 
separated from the statue, having been broken at the neck. The 
head-dress is that of a royal personage, such as is seen in the pictures 
of the kings of Delhi, and such as is now worn by all Rajput princes. 
But the figure is certainly that of a Hindu, as the dress is represented 
with its opening over the right breast. Both figures are squatted 
in the native fashion. They were probably coloured originally to 
represent the real figures, as the spots of the stone are not visible 
anywhere on the surface, but only at the points of fracture. 
“3. The elephant statues are each formed of many pieces of hard 
black stone, which were originally built up with thick square bars of 
wood inside the legs, the pieces being joined together by fine lac. One 
forefoot measures six feet five inches in girth, and another measures 
six feet two inches. If the height accorded with the well-known 
porportion of twice the girth of the forefoot, these statues would 
have been colossal, or not less than twelve feet ; but I believe that 
the legs of these figures, as is usual in all Indian statues of elephants, 
were made somewhat stouter than nature, to obtain actual stability, 
as well as to give an appearance of sufficient strength. The num- 
ber of pieces of these statues is very great, and many of them are 
much injured; but I think that one complete statue, or very nearly 
complete, might be built up with a little care and trouble. I recog- 
nised the following pieces :— 
