TO EXAMtNE THE REMAlNSj &C. t 



6. — After some refreshment, about half past ele- 

 Vcn A. M. Mr. Knops and niyself, witli the Drafts-- 

 man, and some villac^ers provided by the China- 

 man (by the Sooracarta Gentlemen's orders) pro- 

 ceeded in more form to perambulate the ruins ; 

 chairs Were provided^ covered with canopies of 

 leavcs and each carried by 4 men on poles of bam- 

 boo;, bnt my impatience did not alwayspermitme 

 to avaii myself of this convenient coverture from 

 the sun's scorching rays, amidst the tantalizing 

 ruins that surrounded us — we first proceeded io 

 theGieatIncIosure I had jast left^ whieh is what 

 is properly called Brambana. 



7. — Though three Mounts^ Hills or Pyramid^ 

 of stones form the first conspicuous objects that 

 attract notice from the road^ yet on near inspec- 

 tio'n it will bc found that there are more, appa- 

 rently of smaller size^ some of them in gr^ateror 

 less preservation ; although these observations 

 are the result of other visits^ yet for the sake of 

 uniformity, I shall here enter at once the desul- 

 tory remarks whieh I was able to make. 



8. — There weretwostone v/alls in squares, in- 

 closing the whole and each other, the blocks of 

 whieh were from two to three feet square^ and long 

 in proportion ; chiselled and adapted to each 



