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That part of the fabric, represented in plate L. as covered by domes 

 and flat roofing, is most probably the multangular base of a once 

 gigantic conical tower, like those of Kanaruc, Jugunnath, Bhobanes- 

 wur, and of many others in different parts of the continent of India. 

 That shape was common to all Brahminical edifices, and is still 

 adhered to in the present day. 



The most curious feature is the perfectly Egyptian doorway, built 

 within the original sculptured lintels apparent in the plate ; this was 

 probably constructed when the temple was restored, after its destruction 

 by Mahmud Ghaznavi. 



Plate LI. seems to represent the interior of an octagonal apartment 

 beneath the principal dome, which appears to have been originally sup- 

 ported on eight pillars and architraves taken from different parts of the 

 temple ; these being subsequently found too weak to support its weight, 

 arches appear to have been turned and built in beneath : the remainder 

 of the roof, which seems to be supported by pillars of various shapes with 

 brackets and plain architraves, the style of which is precisely the same 

 as of those in the old mosques at Jounpur, likewise constructed with 

 the fragments of demolished temples. Many of the pillars there are 

 elaborately sculptured ; others again are perfectly plain, as represent- 

 ed in the plate before us for Somnaih ; but the original pillars of 

 Mahmud Ghaznavi's time may have been cased with gilt copper 

 and jewels, for Colonel Mackenzie in his papers, describes several 

 columns thus adorned in the Carnatic. 



The admixture of Moorish and Hindu sculpture and architecture, 

 resulting from this practice of converting temples into mosques in the 

 manner above described, gave rise to a style, which might well be termed 

 " Indo-musjidy," for the proportions are as three of the former to one 

 of the latter. 



VI. — Population and Mortality in Calcutta. 

 We are indebted to the same anonymous contributor, who furnished 

 Capt. Herbert with the statement of protestant deaths, published in the 

 Gleanings, vol. III. p. 88, for the enlarged table which we now present, 

 and which, although it must necessarily be uncertain as a foundation for 

 estimating the mortality of different classes, still, until we have a regu- 

 lar municipal record of the inhabitants of all conditions, classed by age, 

 these results may be looked upon as a tolerable approximation to the truth. 

 We will leave the compiler to make his own remarks on the Mortality 

 table. The second table, or that of the population, appears to have been 

 taken through the thanahs ; and if the Khdneh shumdri system be re- 

 peated every five years or so, we should think that the results compared 

 would afford a good average. 



