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ment increased r for white it wa* too irregular to be a wort of art , it seamed to be toft 

 dose 13 n imitation of one Tor a natural production. Amidst the- j an fries of (ho (jranili? 

 maun in ina. of Piiwng I had bmcn familiar wlih nil the shape* and position* -which I had 

 considered detached masiei of that rock capable of assuming. I had there seen it in solid 

 nodder-Ukc hUvV* nf wt mi*- , scimfclLme* cubical, =miJ w ni c 1 1 in cp appruiimaf ing to nlucM- 

 lar. I had alrfo Ken it in smaller blocks piled one Over another with all the regularity of 

 drill Id ical masonry. But 1 had nefer *&en B* read of granite carved by nature after the 

 fashion the mass before which 1 stood. In the pcrpc ndicular fore i\f the rork w<tr scooped 

 oulj from top lo bo E torn , deep concave bo I loirs or grooves varying in bread lb and nop Eh, 

 Between these the rock projected m huge unshapely columns like a row of rude idol*. 

 Towards the top these pillars were rounded. In some a slight curved groore or fissure cros- 

 fied tbc upper girirf , tin? con vci.it y brin^ downwards, and thus converting the summit in Co a 

 globe resting in d cup. Below Hie line of Ihr H-iHnrc llic- pillar contracted very much on, 

 both Pide* aft if it had been at I hi* place pconpcd evenly out. It then hulked out on both 

 lides, but much more on 1be3eft lhan ihe riftht The Hides next eon verged , and, lower down, 

 approach rd more rapidly. They then bulged out again lill I he noil hid the rock from further 

 view. In some of the columns the curves nf ibe Aides assumed the form of a *asc. The bol- 

 tams or most of ibe hollows or rhnnnffc he (wren were nearly uniform in deplh allbo* somewhat 

 uneven or conehoidal. Of these sinjjuhirfy shaped columns live or $%% bed it clow resemblance 

 io eaeli other. Wfecrt viewed from I he side they were at I seen to be icooped quite round at 

 the places where in the front ?iew they contracted, s« that their ed|;es appeared thus (fig, I>J 

 In fig. 2 j .n, ft, i« the last of thcM! pillars. Beyond it lo the right the rcgnlarily if 

 broken , and the grooves appear a* in the shaded portions of the fijj. The groove on the 

 right of to r fl, marked e ? e, is a remarkable one. The upper part lias a regular Remi^vliu- 

 dried jb^Hv \f flic fmc A, h, it abruptly, hut with all the regularity dfl 'iftj slopes 

 innards al a sharp angle, so lhat the part darkly shaded form* m cavity apparently about 

 fire feet in depth. A. slirjhl rjroovc, an inch or two in. depth, it shewn at d f end deeper 

 groove* appear further along. The pillars whose side view is a$ in li*. 1 are ua the other 

 side or to the left of a, a. Ascend in ft I he hill I managed to clamber to llic top or the 

 rock, where I found the ^itntc* lo be partially prolonged en the surface in en inclined 

 direction. The surface at some places was hollowed into cup like depressions. Climbing fur- 

 ther up the bill 1 came, at no fjreal distance, to another rock of much larger dimensions. It 

 was reft or traversed by a clmsm from 0 lo 8 feel broad. The sides of the chasm were much 

 fresher than the internal surface, and the ma** had evidenlly been iplit aero*s at a time 

 «uhsetiuent to lis eiinViicr a& a separate roek and ibe formation of Iho [jrooves wilb which it 

 also was iraver*cd in front. The eilrcmHy of one of the two manses prc-jeclcd for some dis- 

 tance over the hoping ground po as to form a capacious cave. At another side a larger frag- 

 ment had fa Hen from the rock and W arjiiiiist it. (in its surface was a cup or rather spoon- 

 shaped eaTity about two feet in diameter and one in depth. At anolher place a second pro- 

 jecting rock occured forming another cave, about thirleen paces in lengthy The entire length 

 of the rock which thu* projttled seemed lo be about forty paces, On the same side tbcrft 

 were numerous grooves „ some not Meted in [j a few inches in depth and breadth, other* above 



