﻿APPENDIX 
  A: 
  T\ 
  D. 
  LATOUCHE. 
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  54. 
  At 
  the 
  entrance 
  to 
  the 
  avenue 
  leading 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Inglis' 
  house 
  stood 
  two 
  lofty 
  

   Mr. 
  Inglis' 
  house 
  gate 
  gate 
  pillars, 
  which 
  formed 
  a 
  conspicuous 
  object 
  in 
  the 
  land 
  

   pillars. 
  scape. 
  No 
  gates 
  were 
  attached 
  to 
  them. 
  They 
  were 
  

  

  built 
  of 
  rubble 
  stone 
  masonry. 
  Both 
  have 
  fallen, 
  but 
  in 
  different 
  directions, 
  as 
  

   shown 
  in 
  the 
  plan, 
  fig. 
  28. 
  The 
  material 
  of 
  one 
  lies 
  scattered 
  to 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  19 
  

   feet 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  pillar, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  21 
  feet. 
  

  

  Close 
  to 
  the 
  gateway 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  a 
  small 
  stream 
  crosses 
  the 
  road, 
  over 
  which, 
  

   when 
  the 
  house 
  was 
  inhabited, 
  a 
  small 
  aqueduct 
  was 
  earned 
  on 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  brick 
  

   pillars. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  has 
  fallen, 
  and 
  the 
  corresponding 
  

   one 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  has 
  cracked 
  across 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  twisted 
  through 
  5 
  from 
  

   N 
  25 
  E 
  to 
  N 
  30 
  E. 
  The 
  pillars 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  brick. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  gateway 
  leading 
  into 
  the 
  compound 
  of 
  the 
  house 
  an 
  ornamental 
  

   pillar 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  wall 
  surrounding 
  the 
  compound 
  has 
  broken 
  across 
  at 
  the 
  

   top 
  of 
  the 
  wall 
  and 
  twisted 
  through 
  5 
  from 
  N 
  54 
  E 
  to 
  N 
  58 
  E. 
  The 
  height 
  of 
  

   the 
  fracture 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  is 
  4 
  feet 
  6 
  inches. 
  The 
  two 
  gote 
  pillars 
  have 
  fallen 
  

   in 
  a 
  heap 
  in 
  the 
  gateway, 
  that 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  having 
  fallen 
  to 
  south-west. 
  These 
  

   pillars 
  are 
  built 
  of 
  rubHe 
  stone 
  masonry. 
  1 
  

  

  55. 
  On 
  the 
  road 
  from 
  Cherra 
  to 
  Maosmd, 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  gate 
  pillars, 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  has 
  fallen 
  to 
  N 
  50° 
  E. 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  not 
  even 
  cracked. 
  These 
  are 
  

   cylindrical, 
  2 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter 
  and 
  7 
  feet 
  hi^h, 
  built 
  of 
  rubble 
  stone 
  masonry. 
  

  

  56. 
  All 
  the 
  tombs 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  oblong 
  form 
  with 
  sloping 
  tops 
  common 
  50 
  years 
  

   c 
  ago, 
  and 
  are 
  all 
  built 
  of 
  rubble 
  stone 
  masonry. 
  Very 
  

   Plate 
  V. 
  ' 
  few 
  are 
  broken 
  up, 
  but 
  nearly 
  all 
  have 
  sunk 
  down 
  into 
  

  

  the 
  loose 
  sand 
  beneath 
  them, 
  r 
  id 
  are 
  leaning 
  over 
  at 
  

   various 
  angles 
  to 
  the 
  north. 
  The 
  cemetery 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   small 
  knolls 
  of 
  sandstone 
  which 
  are 
  scattered 
  over 
  the 
  Cherra 
  plateau. 
  This 
  

   sandstone 
  originally 
  rested 
  upon 
  the 
  limestone 
  of 
  the 
  plateau, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  

   dissolved 
  away 
  from 
  beneath 
  it, 
  and 
  is 
  accordingly 
  much 
  broken. 
  The 
  earthquake 
  

   seems 
  to 
  have 
  shaken 
  the 
  surface 
  down 
  into 
  a 
  perfect 
  quicksand, 
  into 
  which 
  the 
  

   tombs 
  sank. 
  

  

  57. 
  Maosmai. 
  At 
  the 
  village 
  of 
  Maosmai, 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  cliffs 
  about 
  3 
  miles 
  

  

  south 
  of 
  Cherra, 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  well 
  known 
  groups 
  of 
  Khasia 
  monoliths 
  of 
  unknown 
  

  

  „. 
  . 
  ,. 
  , 
  antiquity, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  village 
  takes 
  its 
  name 
  (the 
  

  

  Khasia 
  monoliths. 
  / 
  , 
  .,.,,• 
  t 
  u 
  ,, 
  a 
  

  

  stones 
  of 
  the 
  oath 
  of 
  allegiance). 
  In 
  each 
  group 
  there 
  

  

  are 
  five 
  stones 
  ranging 
  from 
  about 
  12 
  to 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  feet 
  high. 
  Ihey 
  stand 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  

  

  facing 
  due 
  east 
  on 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  stream 
  running 
  through 
  the 
  village. 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  

  

  one 
  stone 
  in 
  each 
  group 
  had 
  fallen, 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  due 
  VV. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  larger 
  group 
  the 
  fallen 
  stone 
  measures 
  14 
  ft. 
  X3 
  ft. 
  X 
  1 
  ft. 
  In 
  the 
  smaller 
  

  

  12 
  ft. 
  X 
  3 
  ft. 
  X 
  1 
  ft. 
  They 
  were 
  let 
  into 
  the 
  ground 
  to 
  between 
  a 
  foot 
  and 
  18 
  inches. 
  

  

  58. 
  I 
  asked 
  the 
  missionaries 
  both 
  at 
  Cherra 
  and 
  Maophlang, 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  

   likely 
  that, 
  in 
  case 
  any 
  of 
  these 
  monoliths, 
  wnich 
  are 
  found 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  hills, 
  had 
  

   been 
  overthrown 
  by 
  a 
  former 
  earthquake, 
  the 
  Khasias 
  would 
  have 
  set 
  them 
  up 
  

   again. 
  They 
  said 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  well 
  known 
  and 
  venerated 
  

   stones 
  like 
  those 
  at 
  Maosmai, 
  but 
  in 
  ordinary 
  cases, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  put 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  

   members 
  of 
  a 
  family 
  in 
  memory 
  of 
  an 
  ancestor, 
  no 
  one 
  after 
  a 
  generation 
  or 
  two 
  

  

  ' 
  For 
  plans 
  of 
  these 
  two 
  pillars 
  see 
  plate 
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