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and sent them on to Badeswur, half way to Burmool. I went on 

 to Pooree, where I remained three days, being completely overcome 

 with the fatigue of so much dawk travelling, for it was but lately I 

 had returned from my tour in Orissa in search of antiquities, coal, and 

 minerals, &c. an account of which tour has already appeared in this 

 Journal. 



While at Pooree, I tried again to procure more coins, but having 

 shewn too much anxiety, and paid too much for those I did get, on 

 former occasions, the suspicions of the Brahmans and shroffs were 

 excited, they would give no more, except a few sovereigns, shillings, 

 six-pences, and some Goah coins, which from their inferior standard 

 were unsaleable in such a market. 



I did my utmost to procure facsimiles of the inscriptions in Jug- 

 gernath temple, also of those in the Gondeechagurh, but was, as 

 usual, unsuccessful. 



The tide ebbing very low at that season of the year I was enabled 

 to collect a great variety of marine shells, but few however were suf- 

 ficiently perfect to be of any value, the violence of the surf destroying 

 all the more delicate species.* 



I left Pooree on the evening of the 26th, and reached Koordah 

 early on the following morning. I took up my abode in a shady 

 mango grove near the ruins of the old Noor or palace, in the vicinity of 

 which are many modern temples all equally inelegant and unworthy 

 of notice. 



When at Koordah in the previous month of March, I was unable 

 to visit the cave of Paunch Pandeb, therefore I determined to do 

 my best on this occasion. About noon I proceeded on foot for a distance 

 of a mile and a half, having to crawl in many places through the 

 jungle thicket, and reached the foot of the ascent, which is by a 

 broad path, at a spot where under some stately Bur and Peepul 

 treest I saw a very elegant image of Su'rya, in his chariot with many 

 horses, driven by Aruna (his charioteer) ; I had no time to spare 

 to enable me to make a drawing of it. 



After ascending a steep path for a quarter of a mile, I found myself 

 in a beautiful glen, in its centre is a small and rudely built temple 

 through which flows a beautiful spring of fresh water ; I was told that 

 there is an idol of Parbutti' within, carved in the rock, from the 

 navel of which the water flows, however I did not think it worth 

 the trouble of examining, being more interested in the Pandeb Gurha. 



* All that were of any use were presented to the Society, and have been placed in 

 the cabinets. 



f Ficus Jndicus and Ficus Religiosa. 



