6 NARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



the corners of the abutments and pilasters that 

 occasionally peeped from among thestones or lay 

 amongtheruins; among these the hideous Gaping 

 mouth that is so frequently seen heie terminating 

 the projections of the Stone Beams ; also small or- 

 naments terminating or crowning pilasters, proba- 

 bly animitationinminiatureof the real order and 

 elevation of the Temple. — Borders in Arabesque 

 composed of flowers^ a running foliage of roses/ 

 lotus, &c. on the pilasters. — ïn this first Temple 

 and some others, the names of some Engineers and 

 Surveyors who had visited the place were writ- 

 ten, some of whom we know, and whence the 

 identity of the buildings described or laid down 

 by them is ascertained ; among these were som^ 

 of our acquaintance. 



5.^ — I now returned after passing about au 

 hour among these ruins, and in tracing the direct 

 path back to the Chinaman's house, passed a 

 great variety of blocks, stones and other frag- 

 ments of these venerabie piles ; lastly, next the 

 road, a very neat naked image sitting, of a Jain 

 or Boitdh statue, the head of which was loosened 

 by some protane hand, hut still placed on the 

 neck — the mild and innocent look of this figure 

 is highly characteristic. 



