"$S% 'TEE MUmS QF IFRA^MB^ 



.ccalied ifo, iis i to-be difGOvep^d on.all.ihe mod perfe£l Mndu rteraples- -on 



*:iimallp ithe. entrances are mean,. and .the;iiiterior ^ conveys .,'mpre of cths 



.fgloom-oF a vault of-«prifons thanof .the-,awe Which ought ■ t-o attRcib-4o 



..a place of worihip. - For the place tbeyrare i-n, they are indeed won- 



.derful flm^ures, but one mud be^a Bm4u to view ihem with any thing 



;i|ike enthufiafro. The fcLilptures and decerationa of the temples are end- 



lefs, but foEae .ace -Jo predGjuinsnt^and cbardderiftic ■33 to'.deferve par- 



■ticular ^notice rone Tematk-refpeQing aill of -'them inay-.fce-ipremifedp 



that, they -piuO: have 'been. exeeiited^after the eredion of 'the waiLs, ■the 



only -obvioas^ and practicable -meatis, indeed of delineating figures arid 



'^roLips',oF:;ftich/fxte:nt^n.a,-vafiety 0'f-;Tdi'fFerer8t 'ftones. 'The ~-^firft pare 



•the fculp^tarfs.-of^ths temples, -which rfhall mention areihehumaii figures 



which.are'fooften-delineated in relief on the Wails, ^Thefe- are Tome- 



j^timss male arid fometinfieijfemale, arid are «xectrted v^/ith confideralble 



■";fkill, the artill often fucceeding in conveying- to ■th6""figure': even a-por- 



Mion sf eafc.japd .gracee Thele ■fcu]ptDres„,,are'I -think univcrfally 



■d©ilitpt)e,;o| ■ thej-<ghara(£lenri:ic .-^emblems -.of --ths ^Hindu Gods, T-hey 



;.,;ar<^.,as..invariablyvaf-7itkoji.t.-.arrr!our.of any kind. "''Neiiher their coun- 



;,:t€nanc€S , nor .. attitades . portFay any remarkable • -a^i vity--'<5f -mind-.-or 



■c-body, : Their -mild, but paffive forms ^ not -dellkute of fome-g-raee 



V would ■feemr,ath€'Fv;eiTiblematieal of .that benevolence- a-rad 'tender^" heart- 



j-^fednelsTo v^aunted in the do6lriHes of Bud i>h a,- but- of- w-hich Clk> ^lutic 



..,isdifGO..uer;a'ble.i?i' tfee comdviR of the modern -, f olio '^ers '-of thi-s ^wot» 



• ,,-|]ijp,.if .:5ir6^i?-riiQ ©ur co.ncIijrio.ns>.-fr0m-.the--'Chai:a<iter- #f ri:-he -people -of 



,,Jm.mdSiS'm ai.Gi .the inhabitants of Ceylon, all of 'the-mvprobably th@ 



^^sijofl Femarkable for cr.ueity of any people of Jfid,..; The next decora- 



4'ion of the temples which I 'ftiall mention is a moitftrous face without 



' a lower pv/5, found in the mo (Icon Fpicuous part of the temples, par- 



-fl^cularly over the key f^ones of the arches, and towards the angular 



projettions of the buildings. The fame ornament if indeed it can be 



