THE SHOEMACOO at PEGU. 5D1'* 
yiei-rni- “ ^ height, above which 
Covt- .f- ^‘^"araents m stucco not unlike the leaves of i 
crowned by a I'ee 
''■itH iS ^ P®'" iron-work, from wliich rises a rod 
Wi a gilded pennant. 
liiiild’i® ■« to be seen on every sacred 
t^'itiof thTsT °t i^’® 
'if h;^? r ■ indispensable appendage, is an act 
'•elS ■ solemnity, and a season of fetivity and 
^iioeif *T' ^ present king bestowed the tee that Lvers 
P'epS?l the capital; and many of 
Pre'^m ^ th“^ P‘'“”.Unimerapoora to 
P®. circumference of the tec is fifty-six feet; it rests 
'•'Ured f the building, and is farther se- 
•^‘ound .{ , strongly rivetted to tho spire. 
?t'beIi,^®i"T^‘‘ aPPCntled a number 
^**3^ 1 . . « J- {.« A .1 V 
bell, "i - 7 • , 7"® , aPPCntled a number 
ffling. ''^“®‘‘“gitated by the wind, make a continual 
''‘4*'^to‘'J;ir1 T'^i ‘‘ intention of the 
gocJa S'td the who e of the spire. All the lesser pa- 
*">iilai- ornamented with proportionable umbrellas of 
'^'1 be]L‘"'^"’^"^ "P' encircled by 
|]®%ht of the edifice, from the level of 
^tiet above the interior, terrace, 
®°t'th-east angle of the upper terrace there are 
w“‘* rorntn 'r “ra*' ®f®®ted, the 
l7 j'id„^,f° h‘^ ilifferent stages, supported by pillars ; 
‘>re7i ^7:’S‘hof each to be about 6'0 feet, and 
«?oh! 1 ulreudy embellished 
\ of 1 ‘he pillars are lackered ; the decora- 
9 ^.''■eIv nP '®,‘’ completed. They are made 
11 .^ carving on tlie outside is laborious 
tih'^ ’Cpn several unfinished figures of animals 
iV ‘ii'^'itudes, which were designed as 
ll'*''4'fcs oi’^r' different parts of the building. Same 
'^'h lav the supreme object of Birman adora- 
At ej ^catterecl around. 
^ci angle of the interior and higher terrace there 
