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house at Pakis being 1550 feet above it by my ob- 

 servations. The air accordingly was clear and cool, 

 and the temperature by no means too great for 

 enjoyment, never rising above 80° in the shade. 

 We could hardly fancy ourselves in the tropics ; in- 

 deed, so fresh and smiling was the country, that one 

 almost expected, on riding from some of the belts of 

 wood onto open park-like slopes, to see some noble 

 mansion or country-seat on the declivity beyond. 

 I could have pitched on sites for a dozen such which 

 would be unsurpassable in beauty and pleasantness 

 of situation, and with a little congenial society could 

 imagine no better or happier country to reside in 

 than this. After a ride of about four miles from 

 Djago we crossed a considerable brook, the stream 

 of which was almost entirely drained off higher up 

 for the purpose of irrigation. We then turned 

 sharply to the left down a green alley in the woods, 

 and came to a beautiful forest glade, in the centre of 

 which were the ruins of Kedal. This was a Hindoo 

 temple of a different form from those of Djago, 

 being larger and more in the style of what we un- 

 derstand by the word pagoda. The principal part 

 was a large quadrangular tower on a base of 24 

 feet square, surrounded by several low walls crossing 

 each other at right angles, and forming now several 

 square enclosures, the walls having never apparently 

 been much higher than at present, or about four 

 feet. The central building had one or two stories 

 receding upwards to a small square tower, above 



