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bushes ; the whole of them are raised on regular 

 bases^ and the second order divided by pilasters, 

 ornapiented generally with an arabesque foliage 

 or ojt" roses ; in the niches bet ween the corner 

 pilasters and the central compartment,stood statues 

 in relievOj male or female, in the most srracefal 

 attitudes ; sometimes holding up the right hand 

 with a finger extended, and the left embracing 

 a Lotus branch which grows near them hearing 

 one flower. In the central compartment, an 

 urn, crowned with flowers^ is represented, the 

 chank lying on each side of it; at top sur- 

 mounted by the grotesque monsttous extended 

 Jaws and glaring eyes which form a constant 

 accompaniment of all these Temples. In other 

 instances the figure holds up a Lotus in one 

 hand, and in the other a mail or club ; some 

 figuresseem to have a long stand or candelabrum 

 near them ; in one case I think I observed a 

 Vase, with a spout not resembling any Europeau 

 workmanship. 



14. — Most of these Temples are destitute or 

 have been robbed of their object of worship, 

 In one ( I have already observed ) I saw a Jain or 

 Boudh naked figure. In another I observed 

 the three close sides were ornamented with a 



