516 JOURNAL OF AN EMBASSY 
timber, each equal in diameter to the mainmast 
of a four hundred ton ship. Between the pali¬ 
sades there is a stone wall, about fourteen feet 
high and twenty thick. On the top of this the 
spectators are seated to view the sport. The 
Palace is situated on the south-west angle of 
the square, and is upon a level with the highest 
part of the wall. The enclosure has two en¬ 
trances ; the gates of which are composed of 
beams, which can be moved at the bottom by 
means of ropes. The centre of the enclosure is 
a green sward, in the middle of which there is 
a temple surrounded by a palisade. This temple 
is dedicated to a Nat, named by the Burmans 
Udin-main-so. This personage is said to have 
been king of a country called Kosambi in Ma- 
jima Desa, or the “ middle land —that is to say, 
Western India, or the country of the Hindoos. 
He was cotemporary with Gautama; and in his 
transmigration became, in consequence of his 
skill in taming elephants, a King of Nats, and 
the guardian and protector of elephant-hunting. 
We were received under a shed which repre¬ 
sents the Lut-d’hau, and which is situated on 
the north side of the enclosure. We had not 
been here above a few minutes, when we were 
summoned to the western side of the enclosure, 
where the gate is, at which the elephants were 
