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IobseWedisear the former .-site of MajapdMt two images of Ganesa, and
soma, other mutilated:deities of the Hind» 'mythology. Near the tank was the
figutexepasesented inione of the plates,* partly human and partly of the form /-
of ^bird, and a -distorted -figure, which the Javans called Mernk Jmg’gaz
hotdn «general the vicinity of Majapahit is remarkable for the absence of any
representations ®f:the «Hindu defies. The temples are beautifully decorated
wasth! representations -of. flowers, ..and other peculiar .ornaments, which it
would be. difficult^ describe. ' . , I 8 1 Collection» of
yto. rmly .wo1W.ti<m which appeals to hav-e bees made by Europeans or antiquities.
^Hkrteresting remains of antiquity, previously to the establishment of
the-British government in.1811, was by Mr. Engelhard, formerly governor
of Semdmng. ': Id the. garden; of the residency at that-station, several very
beautiful- sufejeots.ln stone were arranged, brought in from different parts of
.#»• caerwtay. -Of -ifrhenj,. and ©f several others, which appear -to-have been
brought info .«some of, the na^ve villages feo» the vicinity of the different
temples, drawingsihave been taken, and the representations of Gmesai and
JHVgat (called L^ra Jmgran), both from subjects as -large as life, wrought
iniolose grained-stone,' will serve to convey some notion of the beauty and
delicacy with whichtihey are. executed-
I shall conclude .this very,general and imperfect account of. thg/ remains
oCSlpfure on Java, rby> referring the reader to the annexed plate, containing,
representations .of several subjects in stone, collated and arranged
in.the Chinese temple o f worship in the neighbourhood .„of Batavia. The
period aft Which they were * collected is not known, and the- subjects in
general: are not so >ved executed as those found in the eastern parts of the
island | but i t is remarkable, that die Chinese, whose form of worship
is .at pfcegent so different from that of the Hindus ^however similar it may
have,-been formerly) «should in a foreign land thus prize and appreciate the
idols of a.people whom they affect to.hold in .contempt.§
.Another plate annexed .exhihits several subjects ip stone,, collected -fromjhe
vifciriity of Btrro Bddo in KeM Thejorigmals are as large ;as life, and the
^sculpture and ornaments, are executed with great skill. No, 2 is an image
iwith'three heads (or trimtirti), .similar 1© one on, Qynung Jiieng. No. 3 is a
mutilated image of Brahma, having f«ur ffcfcep: this was found in mfleld»
* See plate £rom.subj9Ct^in stpne^No. 5. , r t See froptispiepe to the second volume.,
t See plate from a’subjectin' stone brought from Brambanan. f See-plate.