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that he had never seen “ such stupendous and finished 
specimens of human labour, and of the science and taste 
of ages long since forgot, crowded together in so small a 
compass as in this spot/' They form a quadrangle of 
540 by 510 feet, exactly facing the cardinal points, 
and consist of an outer row of 84^ small temples, 
a second row of 76, a third of 64, a fourth of 
44, and the fifth forming an inner parallelogram 
of 28—in all 296 small temples, disposed in five 
regular parallelograms. In the centre is a large cruci¬ 
form temple surrounded by lofty flights of steps, richly 
ornamented with sculpture, and containing many apart¬ 
ments. The tropical vegetation has ruined most of the 
smaller temples, but some remain tolerably perfect, from 
which the effect of the whole may be gathered. About 
half a mile off is another temple, called Chandi Kali 
Bening, 72 feet square and about 60 feet in height, 
in very fine preservation, and covered with sculptures 
of Hindu mythology surpassing any that exist in 
India. Other ruins of palaces, halls, and temples, with 
abundance of sculptured deities, are found in the same 
neighbourhood. 
The great temple of Boro-bodor is situated in the 
Kedu residency, near the Praga Eiver, and not far from 
Jokjokarta. It is one of the largest and most striking 
ruins in the. world, and may be roughly described as 
an enormous block of building 530 feet square and 
about 120 feet high, occupying the summit of a 
hill, and consisting of six terraces raised one above 
the other, and culminating in a dagoba-likp cupola, 
which is surrounded by 72 smaller temples of a 
similar shape, arranged in a triple row. The terraced 
walls are surmounted by 400 sedent figures of Buddha 
in covered niches, and the walls of the terraces on both 
