53G Extract of a letter from Capt. Kittoe. [June, 



districts in India famous for religion — Magadha in the N. E. and 

 Malwa in the S. W. 



To conduct these researches in the most efficient manner would require 

 the services of at least two persons, one of whom should be a good drafts- 

 man. But the one to whose judgment the selection of objects for 

 preservation is to be confided should have a knowledge of the ancient 

 history of India. He should be conversant with the sculptured forms 

 and religious practices of the present day, and with the discoveries made 

 by Prinsep and others in Indian Palaeography and Numismatology ; 

 without such a head to guide the selection of objects worthy of preser- 

 vation the labor of the most perfect draftsman would be thrown away. 



A. Cunningham. 



Extract of a letter from Capt. Kittoe. 



"As the month is drawing to a close I may as well give you a brief 

 sketch of my doings since my last, which I have given extracts of in 

 the March No. of the Journal. 



My last left me at Nawada about to visit Behar, &c. &c. I first 

 went to Giriyek, and on my way visited the hot springs called Agni- 

 dhara. There are four springs, all very weak ; the temperature in one 

 was 125°. There is only one cistern here, much neglected ; there have 

 been temples in former times of which traces remain, also of many 

 buildings. I next went to Buddha's cave, called Gadadwar, or as I 

 explained it in my notes on Fa Hian's route, " Gridha Dwara." I 

 examined both caves thoroughly except that I could not get to the end 

 of the passage, which is insufferably hot and stinking from the bats ; 

 there have been several cavities originally made use of by ascetics. 

 They are natural curiosities which have perhaps been slightly enlarged 

 by picking out loose fragments. I am satisfied of this, as there are no 

 tool marks which in a bad light I had imagined I saw last year. The 

 rock is too hard to allow of it. 



I could have wished to have been able to devote more time to Giriyek, 

 but the exertion of climbing these barren rocks at this season of the 

 year is too great to be repeated. I climbed the hill, to the tower called 

 Jarasandha's ; it is decidedly a chaitya, to the south of which, on the 



