iÖ ^ NARRAT5VE OF A JOÜRNEr 



have thelr bair in regular cüfls (and a Bandeait 

 roiiiid the head) somewhat resembling the Per- 

 Sepolitan fis^ures ; the noses prominent and rais- 

 ed; the Eyeballs glaring'; their arms are orna- 

 mented v/ith Jewels, and in each of their girdles 

 behiüd is a short dag'gef with a cross handle. 



iO. — Passing; fron> the Watchmen, whicb are 

 on the West side of the Temple^ we crossed 

 the roins of a wall^ evidently the ancient inclo- 

 snre^ whicb is composed of large blocks ; in 

 this wall I foiind the triink of a large naked 

 statne of black stone (without the head) 

 wbicb seerned from the ^ant of dress to be Jain; 

 we now entered on an avenue of rnijious Tem- 

 ples, apparentlj square, whicb ied to the grand 

 fanein the centre; the first four have their doors 

 faeing each otber. In the first on the right wa.^ 

 a fine Jain image, naked, witb curled locks, and 

 a snsalielevatiorion the head. The otberswere va- 

 cant and had been robbed of their former inhabi- 

 tants; these Temples we could perceive, though 

 defaced by time and obscured by bushes, bad been 

 reguLirlj built on a handsome base, on whicb 

 were raised compartments occupied by urns 

 •witb flowers, pilasters ornamented witb Arabes- 

 quc, and niches in whicb the remains of figures 

 ^-ere still visible, though mucb damaged; above 



