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1890.] at Bho( Bdgan in Howrali. 
1 1 and peculiarity common to their own architectural instincts must have 
“ been imported : but there is nothing at present known which can 
“show how much was originally built, and when and by whom subse- 
“ quent additions were made. It cannot, however, be questioned 
“ that the portion closest to the river presents those peculiarities 
“ which might bo looked for in a structure built under Tibetan in- 
“ fluence. A plain wall, pierced here and there with small openings, 
“ forms the outer boundary, in the centre of which is the doorway. 
“ Over this doorway is a sort of gallery which overlooks the river 
“ °n one side and the principal court on the other. Just within the 
“ enclosure wall is a double-storied construction : the ground floor, 
1 about a foot high, extends from that wall to the edge of the court ; 
“ about a yard back, a row of massive square pillars, about 7 feet high, 
‘ stand carrying a wooden architrave which forms the outer support to 
“ the beams, resting on the wall at one end and cantilevered forward at 
“ the other to form a projecting verandah.” 
“ The same construction is r-epeated on the upper story. The 
“ projecting ends of the beams are in some cases moulded ogee or double- 
“ ogee fashion and protected by means of an eaves-board, the lower edge 
“ of which is ornamented with a tooth or savv profile. The moulded 
“ beams and particularly the eaves-boards have como down to us from 
“ the original structure. The saw-edges are those which merely have 
“ triangular pieces cut out so as to leave a row of consecutive triangular 
“ points. In the tooth form, the face of the projecting points is dressed 
* back towards the apex and a line or groove cut longitudinally where 
‘ the teeth spring from.” 
“The construction of the roof over the gallery appears to be a 
“ feature of no small significance. The strictly trabeated arrangement, 
“ to the exclusion of the arch, the use of which is suggested by the 
circumstances of the case, and the manner of obtaining height and 
prominence to this central portion by stilting the roof, are decidedly 
“ classic in idea. That classio influence extended to Kashmir and 
North Western India is well-known, and it is quite as possiblo as not 
that a careful examination of existing buildings in Tibet would 
reveal traces of sovoral features associated with kuropean architecture. 
“ The windows which pierce the enclosure wall already mentioned, 
and others* which look out into the quadranglo, are peculiar iu their 
construction, and must havo been put up in the first instance, being 
“ made up on the lines given to the builders by Tibetan architects. 
“ The outer frame is cross-braced by means of a vertical and a transom 
“ bar, which divide the opening into four equal spaces. In some oases 
ordinary square bars are interspersed vertically for tho sake of socurity. 
