TO EXAMtTvE THE REMAÏNS^ &C. 19 



look to the east and accordinglv, within t*he in- 

 closiire, appearrd aconfused Pyramidal heap of 

 stoiies^ upwards ofeightv feet high, ^vhichat ftrst 

 ^eeined to be a group or clnnip of Trces^ in 

 consequeiice of the Banian working up its wav, 

 and aftor prejing on its bowels, finally oversha-' 

 dowing the verj top^ in siich a manncr as io pre^ 

 vent its real shape being known. (Sec Diawing 

 No. 16.) 



23.^-8-Pullingdown some of the stones^we^ got 

 into the inclosure and minutelj surveyed these 

 antique ruins round and round. On minnte in- 

 spection the following seenisto be the best fdea 

 I could form of the whole plan of this Pj^raffli- 

 dal Tennple ; I call them Pj ramidal, from Ihe first 

 appearance from without of the Tont e EriscmMe 

 of llie strucfure, and also of the cavitj form 

 ed b}' tiie roof within. 



24. — The Tetnple has been in its original Plan 

 built on a square foundation, from whose 

 Base arose the upper part, to which a flight 

 of steps ascended perhaps nine, ten, or twelve 

 feet ; this temple or apartnient, elevated about 

 twelve feet, had three openings or apertnres 

 South, North and West, but none on the Erist 

 whicb appears siugular ; this Charaber, twea- 



