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  mass, 
  has 
  separated 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  pressure 
  on 
  its 
  upper 
  end. 
  

   This 
  separation 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side, 
  and 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  the 
  frontispiece. 
  

  

  At 
  Cherrapunji 
  there 
  are 
  more 
  instances 
  of 
  twisted 
  objects. 
  At 
  

   Inglis' 
  bungalow 
  a 
  square 
  masonry 
  pillar, 
  originally 
  intended 
  to 
  carry 
  

   an 
  aqueduct 
  across 
  a 
  small 
  water-course, 
  7 
  ft. 
  9 
  in. 
  high 
  by 
  2 
  ft. 
  square 
  

   in 
  section, 
  oriented 
  N 
  30 
  E, 
  has 
  twisted 
  negatively 
  5 
  . 
  The 
  centre 
  

   has 
  shifted 
  3 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  55 
  E. 
  

  

  Close 
  to 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  pillar 
  rising 
  from 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  compound 
  wall. 
  

   The 
  wall 
  is 
  3 
  ft. 
  6 
  in. 
  high, 
  and 
  the 
  pillar 
  rises 
  5 
  ft. 
  above 
  it, 
  with 
  a 
  

   section 
  2 
  ft. 
  2 
  in. 
  square, 
  oriented 
  N 
  58 
  E 
  ; 
  this 
  has 
  twisted 
  positively 
  

   4 
  . 
  The 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  i£ 
  in. 
  to 
  S 
  40 
  E. 
  Plans 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  

   pillars 
  are 
  given 
  on 
  Plate 
  XXXV. 
  

  

  David 
  Scott's 
  monument 
  has 
  about 
  6 
  ft., 
  of 
  the 
  part 
  left 
  standing, 
  

   broken 
  off 
  and 
  twisted 
  about 
  i° 
  negatively. 
  The 
  corners 
  of 
  the 
  stones 
  

   at 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  twisting 
  have 
  been 
  flaked 
  off 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  pressure 
  

   brought 
  to 
  bear 
  upon 
  them. 
  

  

  At 
  Shillong 
  the 
  gate 
  pillar 
  of 
  the 
  Ferndale 
  Hotel 
  (Plate 
  XXXIV) 
  

   was 
  twisted 
  negatively. 
  The 
  pillar 
  was 
  oriented 
  originally 
  N 
  8° 
  E. 
  

   It 
  has 
  turned 
  negatively 
  on 
  its 
  base 
  4 
  , 
  and 
  again 
  above 
  the 
  lower- 
  

   most 
  stone 
  through 
  another 
  2°. 
  The 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  slightly 
  to 
  

   N. 
  W;, 
  but 
  as 
  each 
  block 
  has 
  an 
  iron 
  pin 
  fixed 
  in 
  its 
  upper 
  

   surface, 
  which 
  fits 
  loosely 
  into 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  block 
  next 
  

   above 
  it, 
  no 
  great 
  lateral 
  shifting 
  was 
  possible. 
  

  

  The 
  gate 
  pillars 
  of 
  Beauchamp 
  Lodge, 
  represented 
  in 
  the 
  lower 
  

   half 
  of 
  Plate 
  XXXIV, 
  have 
  both 
  been 
  twisted. 
  They 
  were 
  8 
  ft. 
  high 
  

   by 
  2 
  ft. 
  gin. 
  square, 
  oriented 
  N 
  15 
  E. 
  One 
  pillar 
  has 
  twisted 
  posi- 
  

   tively 
  3 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  has 
  shifted 
  4 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  36 
  W. 
  The 
  other 
  pillar 
  

   has 
  twisted 
  positively 
  4 
  , 
  the 
  centre 
  having 
  shifted 
  i|- 
  in. 
  to 
  N 
  70 
  W. 
  

  

  At 
  Gauhati 
  are 
  the 
  largest 
  number 
  of 
  twisted 
  objects. 
  Views 
  

   of 
  some 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  Plate 
  XXI, 
  elevations 
  on 
  Plate 
  XXXVI, 
  

   and 
  plans 
  at 
  the 
  plane 
  of 
  twisting 
  on 
  Plate 
  XXXVII. 
  

  

  Beginning 
  with 
  the 
  group 
  of 
  tombs 
  represented 
  on 
  Plates 
  XXI 
  

   and 
  XXXVI 
  we 
  have- 
  

   First, 
  an 
  obelisk 
  on 
  the 
  left, 
  No. 
  3 
  broken 
  at 
  its 
  base 
  and 
  twisted 
  

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