1847.] 



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table of the names of their god, wherein they have preserved the me-^ 



mory of their progenitors. 



^satnes of the Buddhist nnunfvi^^ Ancient names of the f ami- 



and Jain God. coumries, ly of Ham preserved. 



Mahaammonnee, Tibet, Ham. 



Pout, Siam, Phut. 



Saka, Chinese, Cush. 



Chaka, Tonquin, Cush. 



Godama, Ava and India, Ham. 



In pointing out the features of resemblance subsisting between the 

 Goths and Buddhists, I omitted to mention that in the niches, long 

 pointed arches, and general style of the Buddhist and Jain architec- 

 ture, might be traced the origin of the Gothic architecture of Europe. 



Chapter 13th. 



The surface of the Neilgherries may be separated into three regions, 

 viz. the Alpine or Mountainous ; the middle or cultivated ; and the 

 precipitous or region of precipices and waterfalls. As the antiquary 

 prosecutes his investigations amidst remains precisely similar to those 

 in England, he is constantly reminded by other objects surrounding 

 him of his own old land. The middle region, is perhaps the most 

 picturesque, embracing as it does views of the other two, and exten- 

 sive prospects of the low country. From this region, on one side the 

 spurs of the centre mountain rise up loftily, presenting the wild and 

 grand scenery peculiar to Alpine countries. In the opposite direc- 

 tion the broad vallies of the middle region, (occasionally varied in 

 character by the English cottage of some planter with its stack of 

 chimnies,) abruptly terminate in precipices, and narrow terraces sup- 

 ported by clifts of vast altitude. As you cross the fields of golden 

 barley waving in the breeze, you hear the lark singing as blithely 

 overhead as he does above the wheat fields of England, or you see 

 the wren, or the old black bird in his sable suit, winging his way to 

 some neighbouring coppice skirting the fields, and as clearly defined 

 as the hazle woods at home. Reaching the rugged tracts at the mar- 

 gin of the agricultural district, you shortly find yourself in the midst 

 of luxuriant ferns interwoven with the wild eglantine, the black-berry 

 and wild raspberry. Further on a terrace is reached, green with 

 moss and variegated with wild flowers resembling the blue bell, but- 

 tercup, violet, daisy and other flowers of your native land. On such 



