150 THE REV. W. YATES' ESSAY 



The verse in its regular form stands thus : 



The army at the commencement of the expedition was full of spirits; and with its infuri- 

 ated elephants, vociferous and ivell conditioned. 



5. The "^^efSJ admits of the letters being arranged in the form of a wheel 

 or discus, from which it takes its name. The letter that is repeated forms the 

 axle from which the reading commences ; reading first to the right, then 

 downwards, again to the left and then upwards ; afterwards from the top 

 round the periphery. The first line of the verse forms the radii ; and the 

 second line, together with the letters at the end of each of the radii, forms 

 the circumference ; as — 



/v 



5^ 



21 















w ( 



























4/ 











The verse in its regular form reads thus — 



C A pond ) adorned with deer, geese, quails and teals, and having its winds impregnated with 

 the moist odours of the tender lotuses. 



The ^^l^lf or ^wilT'^^, the sf-reat or Potter s wheel, differs from the 

 preceding in being read from the axle along the radius upwards, then along 

 the periphery to the left, and down the next radius to the axle. Then 



