Part III. Travels into ^/;^ I N D I E S. 75 
nification of that înfcriptîon is, In the Name of God. There Was no h'ght 
into the Mofque^ but wliat entered by that Door -, but there were many 
Lamps burning in it, and feverai old MenNcliat were there^ invited me to 
come in, which I did. Î faw nothing rare^ in it, but two Tombs covered 
with Carpet : And I was cxtreamly troubled for want of an Inrerprerer, 
for elfe i had known a great many particuiarSj that Ï could not be inform^ 
ed of 
A little farther Weftwârd, my Vions and I were above half an hout 
clambering down a Rockjinto another very low Plain. The firft thing I faw 
were very high Chappels, and I entered into a Pordi cut out of the Rock, 
which h of a dark grayilh Stone, and on each fidb of that Porch, there is , 
a Giganrick figure of a Man cut out of the natural Rock, and the Walls GîgantifcRft- 
are covered all over with other figures in relief, cut in the fame manner. 
Havii.g paffed that Porch, I found a Square Court, an hundred paces e- ro^j. 
very v/ay : The Walls are the natural Rock, which in that place is fix 
Fathom high. Perpendicular to the Ground-plat, and cut as fmooth and 
even, as iT it were Plafter fmoothed with a Trewel. Before all things, I 
tefalvcd to view the outlide of that Court, and I perceived that thefe Walls, 
or rather the Rock hangs, and that it is hollowed underneath -, fo that the A Gallery in 
void fpace makes a Gallery almoft two Fathom high,and four or five broad : 
It hath the Rock for Ground, and is fupported only by a row of Pillars Pi^^" cuti" 
cut in the Rock, anddiHant from the floor of the Gallery, about the length 
of a Fathom, fo that it appears as if there were two Galleries. Every thing 
there, is extreamly well cut, and it is really, a wonder to fee fo great a Mafs 
in the Air, which feems fo llenderly underpropped, that one can hardly a Mafs of Rock 
forbear to ftiiver at firft entering into it. ^ m the Air. 
In the middle of the Court there is a Chappel, whofe Walls infide ànd Diveriê Antick 
outfide are covered with figures in relief They reprefent lèverai forts of Figures in a 
Beafts, as Griffons, and others cut in the Rock : On each fide of the Chap- Chappei, 
pel there is a Pyramide or Obelisk, larger at the Bafis than thofe of Rome, ^y'"-' 
out they are notlharp pointed, and are cut out of the very Rock, having ™ 
fome Chara6ters upon them, which 1 know not. The Obelisk on the left An obelisk 
hand, has by it an Elephant as big as the Life, cut out in the Rock, as all with an Ele- 
the reft is -, but his Trunck has been broken. At the farther end of the P^^"^' 
Court, I found two Stair-cafes cut in the Rock, and I went up with a little 
Bramen,who appeared to have a great deal of Wit : Being at the top,I per- 
ceived a kind of Platform, (if the fpace of a League and a half, or two 
Leagues, may be called a Platform) full of ftately Tombs, Chappels and "^^^ Pagods of 
Temples, which they call Pagods, cut in the Rock. The little Bramen led ' 
rtle to all the Pagods, which the fmalltimel had allowed me to fee : With 
a Cane he fliew'dme all the Figures of thefe Pagods, told me their Names, 
and by fome Indian words which I underftood, I perceived very well, that 
he gave me a fliort account of the Hiftories of them -, but feeing he under- 
ftood not the Terfian Tongue, nor I the Indian^ I could make nothing at all 
of it. 
I entered into a great Temple built in the Rock -, it has a flat Roof, and 
adorned with Figures in the infide, as the Walls of it are : In that Temple A great Temple 
there are eight rows of Pillars in length, and fix in breadth, which are a- ^^Rock^^^^* 
bout a Fathom diftant from one another. °^ ' 
The Temple is divided into three parts : The Body of it, (which takes up 
two thirds and a half of the length ,) is the firft part, and is of an equal 
, breadth all over -, The Quire, which is narrower, makes the fécond part 
And the third, which is the end of the Temple, istheleaft, and looks only 
like a Chappei -, in the middle whereof, upon a very high Bafis, there is a 
Gigantick Idol, with a Head as big as a Drum, and the reft proportionable. A Gigantick 
All the Walls of the Chappei are covered with Gigantick Figures in relief, 
and on the outfide all round the Temple, there are a great many little 
Chappels adorned with Figures of an ordinary bignefs in relief, reptefenting Figures of Men 
Men and Women, embracing one another. Women. 
Leaving 
