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in Egypt, unless we first doubt if he had fairly repudiated the God of 

 the Egyptians. He retained many of their practices undoubtedly 

 when they did not militate against his monotheism. 



" But" observes this erudite author, " the ark was considered in the 

 light of a coffin, as it was supposed to contain the relics of universal 

 nature.''' Here is a curious coincidence with the Buddhist custom just 

 detailed by our Pali author. 



The Malays of the Keddah coast of the present day use a painted 

 boat at marriage ceremonies. The bridegroom and bride are placed in 

 it, and it is carried in procession on the shoulders of men. 



This seems to me to be clearly a remnant of their original worship, 

 which I have found to have been chiefly that of Siva ;* thus so far 

 proving the connexion betwixt Mahadeva and the Argha. 



The Am Breith, or Car of the ancient Irish was, according to Faber, 

 £< the ark of the covenant." The antients in memory of the ark carried 

 about a small navicular shrine, and sometimes even built their temples 

 in the form of ships. Then we have the gothic Skidbladner, a ship,f 

 and Col. Valency describes an ancient Temple near Dundalk in Ireland 

 in the shape of a galley. 



In the Bali work Milintha I find three kinds of religious edifices 

 mentioned ; — 



Parib'ho'k'ha Cheti, built it is supposed at the spots where Buddha 

 had halted during his journies for refreshment. 



In these parts of Buddha's dress and other things are kept as relics. 



Dhattu Cheti, Dagobas, for the relics of Buddha, or shiral buildings, 



Dhamma Cheti, being an edifice in which the sacred books were to 

 be preserved. 



The Cheti or Chaittya, is truly a Mausoleum, varying from a dome 

 to bell-shaped, or to a truncated cone, or a building more or less pyra- 

 midal, and almost, perhaps, always, placed on a square pedestal. Where 

 the type originated I will not pretend to say, but there is a wide field 

 for conjecture in the regions of western mythology. 



The Chetti, is the Manakyala, — the Tope, the Burj, Dagob, Dagoba 



• An account ot" some of the Indo-Chinese nations (Journal of the Indian Archi- 

 pelago) by me. 



t Faber's Cabiri, Vol. I. p. 219, apud Coll. de rebus Hiber. of Vallency, Vol. V. p. 460. 



