but we easily recognized their •similarity to the porters at Brambdnan. They
were, however, not above three feet high. I
The devices, ornaments, and general style of-this temple are not very
different from 'those' of ' thè^reat temple at BramMrian: t‘hl', co^filces and
mouldings are üoT less rich and'welt executed.' The external forth 'of7the
building may differ, but the fëcess,1 'or ;chamber within,- sèèms on thé same
principle. '' Tliére is nofiiiM för the light from above.' r-
' Proceëding a short distance dRirther into‘the fórest,-we 'fóü'iid' several
images of the Hindumythology, in excellent preservation, and iifbFe hrfghiy
executed than any we had previously seen in the island.1 flTn 'the centre,
without protection' from1 the!weather, <was the bull Isfdndi, (|uite'^)erFect^
with the exception of the horns, one of whiclTwas lying by the0 sMèt:óf iti
This image ié above five %eet and‘3 Kaif feng^ iffBigb,i:pi!ês^mtióri,I;anfi> of
feMellènt pröportiön and Workmanship.*
Near the bullj' ahd placed against a 'trëè, 3a magnificent Brahma^
The four heads arc perfect, except’that ihére is a mutilation ^SÉömê -the
iritóèi The' figure is highly’ ornamented, and moro ri’chly‘dreSSed than is
Usual. -
Not &r óff we noticed Makadéwa,t known byrKis^ trident.- On thfe stone
from winch this is Cut in rehefHare several Devdn&gari characters. r':-
Another stone,' with a figure1 nearly similarjistood'by if!’ A Hindu’-Se|)öy,
who accoiüpaöiëd nsj assorted1 that il!1rï;j3rèslnïé'd<a Bramin', rbüï it 'Wa$ fb’ó
mutilated 'for us tó ascertain the
A car or chhriot'of 5 ^riö5;''dr,thê,,süh!, with sfèven tó/rSeS;’of*wHlcb thé
heads were wanting, was the only other ohJect' oT‘antiquity in thi§fgroUpe.
The horses are at-fall speed, with extended tail s,0 akd ffijg -squarè th'è
chariot seems to have once formed the -pedestal of an iihëgeV -
A t the distance of about a hundred yards from thisJspiut,^wë were1 t'on-
ducted to a magnificent Gfanesa of a colossal sizë,§ most beautifully^eieCutedi
and in high preservation. The pedestal is surroundéd:l>y"sfcüös, and skulls
Seem used not only as ear-rings, but as'thè decoration of every part to
which they can be applied. The head and trunk aTe1 very correct :itóiïatiöhs
of nature. The figure appears to have stood on a piatforin' of stonef and
from
* See plate from subject« in stone found near Singa Sari, No. 5. ’
' f See the same plate, No.1....... ' . ' 1 See the-same plate, No. •
$ See plate—the frontispiece to this volume.