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another one facing- him had been deprived of his stomach, and 

 his head had been cut off. There were many columns in pja^amid 

 shape before this temple ; they had different sizes, specially ^^hose 

 at the sides. Their pedestal is generally square, cut at the sides, 

 the top part which forms the point is generally round, with ring- 

 shaped deep furrows reaching up to the furthest top, which ends 

 in a point. Many of these are gilt up to their middle, after that 

 there are two rings painted red, and then again tw^o gilt ones ; 

 the rest was whitened with chalk. 



Towards evening I left this house of rest, and I went along 

 the stream which borders the town in the east ; it took us more 

 than two hours to arrive at the place where the stream divides, 

 and we had almost made a half circle in our circuit, always 

 keeping the old wall of the town in sight. There were bamboo 

 houses all along' the banks of the river ; they were either built 

 on poles or on bamboo sticks of a man's height. Just opposite to 

 Vvdiere the stream divides there was a temple in ruins ; some ele- 

 phants are kept inside, and all was covered with shrubs and trees. 

 Idols, of metal, wood, or stone, were scattered about on the 

 ground, and between all these debris grew some of the ferns 

 which were very common jn these parts. Most of the wdld 

 trees were Mimosa hiyemina. I went on, and saw a beautiful 

 house of rest near a ruined Pagoda ; this however w^as being 

 repaired again and there were many Talapoins living near it. 

 This house of rest was situated in the middle of the old town, 

 which is still being- inhabited and is situated on both sides of 

 the stream. However, in the ruined town itself nobody lives, 

 except such people as have something to do in connection with 

 the elephants. 



8. — Early this morning I went to the temple and hoped to 

 make some botanical discoveries. It was easy to see how 

 beautiful everything- in this temple must have been, but now 

 nearly everything was in ruins. One entered by a large gate 

 lying a little higher than the rest, passed through an avenue, 

 J^icus religiosa and mango trees, and arrived in front of the 

 temple, which was a built on a small elevation of the ground. 

 There was a large square before the principal entrance, and at both 

 sides of this square steps for the ascent had been made ; they were 

 narrow, like those of all their buildings. The temple was very 

 lofty inside and had no divisions. At the back there was a very 



