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4. Animals enveloped in folds of snakes. 



5. Figures of elephants. 



6. Figures of human beings riding on elephants, 



7. Figures of human beings enfolded by snakes, and in the clutches 

 of tigers. 



8. Figures of armed horsemen. 



9. Two figures bestriding one horse. 



10. Figure of Godama in a sitting posture, leaves of the Ruttimul- 

 ly plant covering his waist, arms and thighs. 



1 1 . Figure of Godama having the placid expression of the Egyp- 

 tian Memnon. 



12. Human figures with hair brought to a point behind the head. 



13. Figures wearing a conical cap. 



14. Chuttries forming handles to urns. 



15. Urns of Buddhist or Jain fashion. 



IG. Double-headed snakes forming handles to urns. 



17. Human figures whose heads are surmounted by tiaras like 

 the sculptures in the Western caves. 



18. Human beings playing on small drums, horns, &c. 



19. Animals with bells round their necks. 



Chapter 15th. 



A person standing on the ridge behind the traveller's bungalow at 

 Coonoor might discern with a telescope the battlements of an ancient 

 fortress crowning the summit of the precipitous mass of rock facing 

 Coonoor in a south direction, and separated from it by the deep ra- 

 vine along the left bank of which the high road descends to Metapol- 

 lium. A melancholy interest attaches to this fortress rumour assign- 

 ing it as one of the places of confinement of Tippoo's English prison- 

 ers, some of whom are supposed to have been destroyed by being 

 flung over the precipices which guard the Fort. Amongst the Bur- 

 ghers this place is called the Droog Hill, it is also known as Synda- 

 bad and Goganachiki Cottay ; but the people of the low country call 

 it Pukasooren mullay ; the inhabitants of Metapollium, Nellathoray, 

 and other places in the plains at its foot, regard it as the scene of one 

 of the Hindu legends. Once upon a time, say they, the Fort at the 

 top of the Hill was inhabited by its founder a giant or raksi called 

 Pukasooren, who was accustomed to levy a tribute from the people 

 of the country lying beneath him, consisting of a cart load of provi- 



