and falling dovfti ta tlie'upper cornice óf the walls, with a gentle double
swelL-or ourve. The northerti limb is an ehtire masstiof confusion and ruin ;
but the .description just given of the double vestibule-óm the east-side'of the
temple, answers with a very trifling variation <af dimension's too those on the
south.andiwest,-:|but that instead of the large and- spacious portaltd-bed seen
ontheeast, there are five very-lofty -niches Set-into the main walls- abouf ia
foot,„.with pointed Indian arches, standing on squarte, pilasters • of « the isame
fashion, the, capitals of each- of which .are: supported b y ' a small, squat,
doybled-up human figure, having its arms embowed overate head,-“.which
my Cicerone informed me was very common in thedike situations lin India,
He concluded also, that images of the gods-hadioccupied the niches >iri front
against the main walls of thè temple,Jon- the north, ‘^uth, or wést sides ;
but . we saw not one,-and only the-centre niches^ -had evert1 the .-thrbn’esi remaining,
The niches and-.pilasters -arè surmounted with a, very deep
elaborate projecting cornice,- crowned-again with five representations of
small temples on each side-, and immediately over these' are seentthg two
swells or curves of the original Syrian roof. -
So &r we .have gone ion >a-level with the external terrace ©r platform
-wWdh eurronads^tlp iwhofe; hutoon die eastisid© vpou ascend by a flight of
•<%ht steps, at least. sk. feetrhigb, throughiihe.spaeious portal ibefoiie men-
Ia®«edi which, fe.'twel^.£e#(i%h-ftom âhe top of these stairs; sand six
Dsetreight inches wide initthe> dear, formed tenfj-rely of massive blocks of
■st0i,es’ -squared, ifihe depth .of the passage -or- thickness of rthe wallas
lenfeet. The-top of tide; portal,swhich is (flat or-square, externally, sum
mounted-in tàe kînteiwith.aiveEy .large and temblegorgon visage, changes
with the : ascent: fof the stairs, in. a -very - tar tfiil maffinfir,, to -the pyramidal
fern', ;mternaHy,: famed fey. ..the mverhanging .®f the'jstones. t®-resemble
teJvei3ted.;squai5e i<steps.-clps.eid-nt tfie-top-witka single: istane. .itfduthus find
yo-Ursélfia %ie,sunctim mmtrnmn, the spot which, hakEewardedrtfce foil and
zeal ,af many a weary: pilgrim. „M y expectations : were iraâsed; and I; ima-
- gined I -should find- tbengreat and aU-powerfobdBrahma- seated here, in
• glory and/majesty proportionated® ithe- surrounding,splendour i®i- magsb
ficencp ofjbis abode. , Not --a single vestige, h-owever, remai» of Brahma,
or/of ianyjbtBer tierty. .-sEhe-iapartsient is- a plain, unadorned «square, of
twenty-onebyjedghteen fèet. - ilfatefati from - the,eastern wall -or-dooras ;a
raised «platform, three ieet-and a half high, extending-all lacross .the romp
(«north and south), surmounted with a deep projecting capital or .crest, to
ascend wkdnarerfcwo; small flights iof: six steps each, «situated at the.cxtre-
mities -on eitherihand. -The wails, of this, sanctuary, toi the height of about
fe ty feet, .-rise .square and plain, « d a t e composed of imiform-blocks of
sfone, wÆl ^squared, iand: fitting Easily without .cement, .grooved
into each other,.according fo the general.. manner of. all .the .'bui-Idipgs at
Brambanan. Above this -is a.-projected -cornice of-threeor -four, stones,
feom which the .oepfeassumès «the pyramidal form iof ovmrhaingihgtstoDes,
or.«verted steps,..-** t h e m fen->f«*-nearly ; itbeoce it fa rm e r -
pendicular, plain and ^ a r e , for about -ten feet more, land feeaeerfathe
top in an octangubr -pyramid of c h a n g in g «sfa.es, iapproachiug each
ottier gradually by «ifanp* payera «-'®è»#«eônafeét«ore,::.where dt
doses finally witha-sfone about two -ahd;a halfior/three: feet adross. ' :
The extêraor ofi this great temple contains-a .gieat vajricty.of.ornamental
sculpture *Aa£ ho -human or emblematical-'figures, -or even miches -mi thè!
wallgg. «g in all .the-smdl -temples d i The capitafe nef die
pi asteis in the niqh.es against the feody of. the temple) are indeed
supported by the very, diminutive.figures before mentioned; but nothing^
further