CT JlCCOUNT OF A lOUllNSY T© the SoirRcs§ of the 

 ©n,the party,^ were.whimiical : even the muftachics were not fpar"'' 

 one chief means oJF.graee, was frequently vv-alking round-the holy' t: 

 pie, and in this eafy mode of obtaining it, ii was obferved that then.: 

 noted rogues were moll forward — fome Vv'ere wcndeifuliy indefat' •; 



. The outiidsQftlie temple has been before defcribed'— withiog^ there 

 are three imagegjOpe of them^ I thinkj.was- of Cali"; and the ilone ihelf- 

 on which they were placed, was_wet and foiled with the offerings pre=- 

 fented: a.peciili.ar and very, flrong.fmeir,, was, perceptible,, but I know- 

 not what it.wa?;,: the .place is,. a.s ufual in Hindu tcmx:)\e&: lighted by ^a- 

 lamp whrdi:yiel4ed hut 2|..Ji.€kl,y gleam— no day light i had admittance — 

 noiign QfTif:hes.was,pe,rceDtibrSa^,either inlhe temple or on the perfon :• 

 of its prie ft— no-tin fel even glittered, on the images, which ,were form.^.- 

 ed of black ftone^ and. v/ere painted.;. T.he pundit was a fmar£i 

 |i|;tl€ ?nanj cloathed like the. red of the hill people in coarfe wool4- 

 Ipn, cloth :,„he wore a. red velvet cap upon, his- head, which had been-. 

 prefented to him by fome pilgrim from the low country. The^ truth :, 

 is, that though the fhrine of Gdngolrt is the holieft of thofe to be me£ - 

 with in this-facred range, it is the leaft acceffible, and confequently- has-: 

 fewer votaries^, for. thofe coming from the low country, choofe ratherr 

 to tal?;e; a comparaVively-e^fy road, and' proceed' to a- more fplendid-' 

 and bettei; frequented Hirioe,' that of Badarindfh which- is thus far bet=» ■ 

 ter endowdd^^, and the ofEG-iating ■ prieds of w'hTch 'afei iti.'m^uch- better^ 

 worldly' circiirnEances 5 iMnthofe-of ■■G^sw^^^rfv: 'THe pundit 'CiOmplain" 

 ed much' oT tliis'd^farcation, which he- faid: wa^s '■ pai-dy owing to the^ 

 jftateofthe' country from "the Gorcka, conq^i^H : as, iince jhat-'periodt: 

 t^e roads being- negledl-t'd, and.no provifion being -niade for' the necef- 

 Bry'repair?j,,it w.as.-a,"!aattcr.of fome difficulty to reach the: flirine- -itn ^ 

 fafety ; and' this. being once known^ had an immediate effe^ in deters-- 

 ■&g:"€¥,€n*tofe w»B>i|h^dfe have attempted the jours^ 



