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or " Image apartment." The floor is raised about a foot higher 

 than the rest of the floor of the building. The idols are facing the 

 north and east. 



4. The state room for the Abbot. This is separated by a richly 

 panneled wall from the " Image apartment." 



5. Room for the pazeng or second in rank to the Abbot. 



6. The " western apartment," where the young probationers and 

 students sleep and eat. In this apartment, ordinarily the teaching of 

 the day-scholars wonld be conducted. 



7. This is called " the Image monastery." It is not invariably 

 joined to a monastery, but when added it is always on the east side.. 

 The principal idol in this building faces the north. 



Note on a ruined monastery near the Tsoola Moonee Pagoda at 



Pu-gán. 



Amidst the extensive ruins of Pugán there are probably many 

 objects of interest yet to be discovered. I met with a second ruined 

 monastery near an ancient temple called the " Tsoola Moonee." A,- 

 rough ground plan which is annexed, shows the arrangement of the 

 building. The main building, as seen in front facing the east, 

 which included a portion of the interior enclosure wall, was nearly 150 

 feet long. The principal entrance was on the east- It was gained 

 by ascending a slightly elevated open terrace. In the interior 

 were four apartments, including the vestibule, which were arranged 

 somewhat in the form of a cross, round a central mound, which had 

 probably contained an image of Buddha, within a vaulted chamber., 

 Not far from this monastery was another building, within which 

 I found a stone inscription on which the Burmese date 678 (A. D, 

 1316) was legible, but I have not been able to decipher the inscrip- 

 tion itself. 



