42 NARRATÏVE OF A JOÜRNEY 



Piazzas, and being in much better preServatiori 

 tiian the rest, I was enabled to form a clearer 

 idea of it, though it is much disfigured bj the 

 grov/th of the Banian^ and the fire that has been 

 applied to its base. — ït appears to have stood in 

 a square Area, inclosed bj a wall, and certainly 

 resembles a house more than a Temple. 



The Drafisman with some difficulty had time 

 to sketch off the general outline, biit could not io 

 mj satisfaction, in the dark^ take off the outline 

 of two elegant female figures on its south end 

 holding Tulips. 



The base is ornamented with a pedestal, and 

 the body is divided into compartments by one 

 door and two windows (seeNo ) between 

 these are ornamented pilasters, with niches be- 

 tween, containing sculptured figures carved in 

 the finest attitude, over the crown of which are 

 two ornamented Yalies with hideous stare- — the 

 same at the ends — and on the west side, for it 

 fronts the east, the compartment answering to the 

 door in the east, is adorned with a great urn 

 guarded by small figures (Gandarvas) with 

 the logs of Eagles; one of them seems to 

 kiss his thumb, which is placed to his lips in 

 devotion — the attitude, sculptures and high 

 crowns of these figures resemble those of Ma- 



