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Foreigners in the Ajanta Frescoes. 
. show them to be of large size, about 80 x 28 ft. In it's simplest version 
(Plate III) it represents a divan placed in front of a cloth screen, and covered 
with cushions and a check pattern coverlet; and on it are seated a big, stout, 
burly-looking man and a lady by his side. The man is seated cross-legged, 
and is in an amatory mood, perhaps somewhat befuddled with wine. His face 
is heavy and square, and he has both a beard and a moustache. He wears 
long hair covered by a thick conical cap with a turban, or a fur band around 
it like the Qilpaq cap of the Central Asiatic races of the present day. On his 
body is a coat or tunic reaching to the knee and trimmed with, what appears 
to me, patch-work decorations ; knee-breeches and striped stockings com¬ 
plete his dress. He holds a cup in his left hand, and before him, on the 
ground, in front of the divan, there is a covered tray. The lady beside him 
has a gown reaching to the knee, a shell-jacket, (both set off with patch- 
work trimmings,) and a pair of striped stockings. She has a skull cap on 
her head, and earrings. Her right hand is lifted as in the act of telling some¬ 
thing interesting to her lord. To the right of the man, in front of the 
divan, there stands a maid, arrayed in a long flowing gown which leaves only 
the tips of her shoes visible, and holding a flagon, shaped like a soda-water 
bottle with a long narrow neck, ready to replenish the cup of her lord. 
Behind the mistress there is a second maid with a wide-mouthed covered 
jar in her hand. 
In the second version the man holds the cup in his right hand, and a 
stick or straight sword in his left. He has also an elaborately-worked belt, 
and the trimmings of the coats and gowns are of different patterns. The 
lady leans on the shoulder of her lord by her right hand, and by her attitude 
expresses great solicitude to please him. There is also a third maid, 
squatting in front, and ready to serve out edibles from the covered tray 
beside her. 
The third version is even more developed. (Plate IV). The screen 
behind the divan is set off with floral designs. The coat of the hero and the 
gown of his lady, and also that of her maid, are set off with triangular striped 
streamers flying from the back. The features of the lady are vivid with 
life, and the exjwession of endearment on her face is truly admirable. 
The second maid holds a surahi or goglet instead of a jar. The lady has, 
instead of a cap, a fillet round her head with an aigrette in front, and the 
maids similar fillets, but without the jewel. The third maid is replaced 
by two bearded, thick-lipped Negro-looking servants who are serving out 
dishes from the covered tray. The stockings in the last two versions are 
white. In two small panels the male figure is reproduced in company with 
another male,—two jovial companions, engaged in pledging their faith to each 
other over a cup of liquor. (See Plate V, fig. 1). The striped stockings are 
distinctly seen in these, as also a pair of check-pattern trousers, not striped. 
