32 KARRATIVE OF A JOURNEY 



Of the Temple bebind nothing reniained but se- 

 veral great round pedestals ( and capitals ) of seve- 

 ral large pillars, forming the enceinte of an oblong 

 structure, and several blocks and fragments of 

 stones of a large size — -no vestiges of a walI ; 

 I ara uncertain whkh part of these were capi- 

 tals^ or pedestals — if all the latter^ a considerable 

 diiference existed in the formation of each — a 

 mound formed by a kind of diteh inclosed these, 

 and had such effect in preventing their being 

 seen from the road^ and is so completelj ruined, 

 that it cannot be observed without approaching 

 immediately to it. 



As it was drawing late^ we hastened without 

 further examination along the road towards the 



further Temple ; it is not 



above two hundred jards from the road^ separat- 

 ed from it by the surrounding Paddy fields; 

 the several s^tones of its structures being still 

 entire, althougli the ontward coating has been 

 defaced, it is seen at some distance, but oversha- 

 dowed by the branches and leaves of the bane- 

 ful Banian in such a manner as io obscure a 

 great part of the composition ; enough however 

 remains visible to exhibit to the traveller on the 

 road the ruins of a real Hindu Temple, such as 

 we find sometimes on the confiitiies of Bednore, 



