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Religion of the Ceylonese, 
a girdle of the same. The right shoulder, the arms, the head, 
and the feet, are completely bare. In one hand they carry a 
painted cane, and in the other an umbrella of the broad end of 
the Talipot leaf. 
The temples of Buddoii are superior to those of ail the other 
deities; for they never dedicate temples to the Supreme Being, 
nor represent him by any image. In the temples of Buddou 
are figures of men habited like his priests, and placed in va- 
rious postures; some of them are seen sitting cross-legged on 
the ground with long bushy heads of hair like their women, 
while others recline at full length on the ground. At Ruanelli, 
in the interior, I saw a monstrous figure upwards of twenty 
feet in length, placed in the cavern of an immense rock which 
lay at the bottom of a hill : I shall describe it more parti- 
cularly in my account of the embassy tq Candy. 
In various parts of the island a number of images of the 
god Buddou are found, which by their extraordinary size shew 
the great reverence in which he is held. In a temple dedicat- 
ed to him at Calane, six miles north-east of Columbo, he is 
represented in a sitting posture, the right hand supporting the 
left hand, and the right leg in the same manner supporting 
the left. The head of the image is large and surmounted by 
a tiara or crown; the face round and of a brownish colour, 
and the hair frizzled like a negro’s. Before the image is placed 
a table on which the olferings of those who visit the shrine 
are deposited. These offerings consist of flowers, fruit, rice, 
money, spiceries, &c. for no animals are allowed to be sacri- 
ficed. The principal division of the temple consists of one 
apartment of brick, of an oblong square form, with a tiled 
roof ; but it does not appear to be an ancient structure, A 
