Jan. 1849. 



RUINED TEMPLES, SONGBOOM. 



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small scattered leaves, and little yellowish flowers like those 

 of the tea-plant. The massive walls of a ruined temple 

 rise close to the water, which looks like the still moat of a 

 castle : beside it are some grand old funereal cypresses, with 

 ragged scattered branches below, where they struggle for 

 light in the dense forest, but raising their heads aloft as 

 bright green pyramids. 



After some difficulty I found the remains of a broad path 

 that divided into two ; one of them led to a second ruined 

 temple, fully a mile off, and the other I followed to a 

 grove, in which was a gigantic chait ; it was a beautiful lane 

 throughout, bordered with bamboo, brambles, gay-flowered 





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ALTAR AND SONG-BOOM AT YOKSUN. 



Melastomacece like hedge-roses, and scarlet Erythrina : 

 there were many old mendongs and chaits on the way, 



