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had partly dispersed it. I imagine this vapour must be very noxious, 
from the great care which the inhabitants take to guard themselves 
against its influence. They were all wrapped up in coarse black 
mantles, with their mouths cautiously covered, and looked more like 
spirits of the infernal regions than human beings : even those of 
moderate age looked old and gray-bearded. The hills around at 
mid-day were scarcely visible ; and to add to the misery of its 
situation, there was a range of sand hills at the back of the town, 
that reflected an intense heat into the place. There is a pagoda 
here of antient structure; within the wall that surrounds it, is the 
statue of a bull judiciously placed on the top of a small temple, 
about twelve feet in length and eight and a half in height, with gar- 
lands of flowers and rich trappings about it, as in the accompany- 
ing drawing." 
" March 1.— -I arrived this morning at Sat tigul, the nearest station 
to the falls of the Gauveri where accommodations can be procured. 
I proceeded about five miles from that place when I reached the 
island of Sevasummoodra. Here were the ruins of a bridge across 
the Cauveri, communicating with the island, which was formed 
entirely of large columns of black granite, each about two feet di- 
ameter and twenty feet in length. This magnificent work, which 
was upwards of three hundred yards in extent, was at this time so 
nearly destroyed, that the palanquin was with great difficulty car- 
ried over the broken masses that choaked up the stream: of this a 
drawing is given. Directly opposite was the southern gate of a wall 
that surrounded the city, to which there had been formerly a flight 
of steps. The interior was a complete jungle of long grass, with 
many banian trees in it of great size, where still however might be 
