2 KARRATTVE OF A JOÜRNEY 



2. — I wandered among thesen ruias unaccorn- 

 panied by anj gnide ; foliowed the course of the 

 river from the road, passing over large blocks of 

 ciit stone, disjoioted from their original walls, 

 wbich could be traced in several places ; vvhence 

 it appeared that besidcs the great doublé square 

 imclosing' the ruinous Pjramidal heaps, — some 

 other buildings stood formerly/ within this angle 

 formed by the river witb the road. — After walk- 

 ing witli difficulty over these broken v>^alls, 

 ^vhich are siirrounded bj wet paddj ground^ 

 I got within the second iriclosure, and passing 

 through between two ruinous buildings^ I turn- 

 ed oiTto the Icft between the third and fourth. — - 

 These masscs, which at a distance appear like 

 Pyramids, on close inspection are found to have 

 consisted ofigiiially of Towers or Temples, 

 whose bases were square; bot the ontward coat- 

 ino:s of sculptnred stone being torn OiF. are tum- 

 bled into heaps around thcm, thns formi.ig the 

 shapclesshilMike masses whichthe traveller sees 



froiK theroad.— Thelistsand fillets of the base are 

 discovered in some places through the ruins and 

 branches of Banian— Iciimbed over tbc ruins of 

 two of them (the third and fourth ) and ascendin^ 

 between them, tnnicd off to acavity that appear- 

 ed on th.e left ( or No. 2, ) which I found contain- 

 ed '40 Image sculptured on stons, representi/ig 



