The colossal ncctiE of joriTEii pluvius. 593 * 
:«'e many small temples on tlie areas of both’ 
which are neglected, and snfFercd to fall into 
*'«lT ^ “'■'■'i^erlcss images of Gaudma lie indiscrimi- 
iji^l y scattered. A pious Birman who purchases an 
procures the ceremony of consecration to be 
V)^'?'''«ed by the Rhahaans ; he then takes his purchase 
tiC sacred building is most con.venient, and there 
it within the shelter of a kioum, or on the open 
l"*>d before the temple ; nor does he ever again seem 
(ljvj®}'c .any anxiety a^)out its preservation, but leaves the 
(ij. 'iity to shift for itself. Some of those idols are made 
kl pjl* '"^6 that is found in the neighbourhood of the Capi- 
tiijl;'; tlie Birman dominions, and admits of a very fine 
4fj ^ ’ ’ .tt'any are Ibrnied of wood, and gilded, and a few 
the latter, hoivever, are not usually; exposed 
'iSfj[*’'^if?lccted like the others. Silver and gold is rarely 
except in the composition of household gods. 
^cth tlie terraces are a number of white eylindricik 
*^6 i)i '^'sed on bamboo j)oles ; these flags are peculiar to 
4ti,| '■‘t^iaana, and are considered as emblematic of purity, 
Ve°- scored function. On the top of tlie staff 
'iij a henza, or goose, the symbol both of the Birman 
. '®gu nations. 
(j^^t-OSSAL FIGUIIE OF JHPITEIl PLUVIUS, OR STATUE 
fATlIER APPENINE, AT PRATOLINO, IN ITALA'. 
the ordinary size, were named by the 
Colossi, from a Greek word which signifies 
1 I'tit at Rhodes svas the most famous, cxe- 
’y Carelus, a pupil of Lysippus. There were se- 
S, jj -l^cinie; the most considerable was that of \tespa- 
the amphitheatre, that bore the name of Colismaot 
be ras.re- 
tho u spo 
Caused a colossal statue of himself to 
exposed to the sea waves, in front f 
!■ US' . 
120 feet in height. 
Tiii.b’'' Place Farnesi, &c. 
Ip'^l.Ucd. 
tL g- 
li-'i c! ‘.‘i" ^tis person and figure pinted ion .a 
Aai|,p b 120 feet in height. In tlie Court odethe Capi 
in tJ>,. T>i„,.„ r, o._ jjj.g jithcr entire 
space 
’.vhicli stands this enormous statue, is 
y’t's, sides, with lofty 
'■t:-, ' trunlvS of wbiHl «VA LlM n \ 
fir and beeci: 
_ units of which are hiil by a wood of laurel, 
biCies hr.ve been, cut fur statues. The middle 
