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ifland of Jangesah, or, according- to lome- authors, Jehan-
gueery; This, iiland is. a. rock, with a few- trees growing-
from. its. intesftices, and on the. top is a fmall hermitage, in- ■
habited, by-a Hindoo monk. The fituation tbis'holy father
hag. chofen is. certainly a proof of his tafte and o f lpa judgement;
for, from the top, he has a möft extenfive profped of
thg country and river; and in the fununer heats it rauft be.
cooler «-han. any fituation in its neighbourhood. This' rock
.is. confidered by the Hindoos as a facred place.; and on many
part-5 qf! if are pieces of fculpture relative to their mythology -
1 am concerned I cannot pay fo high a compliment to the art
Qf fculpture. am o n g the Hindoos as is ufually paid by many
mgpr'ioii.Q authors who write on the religion o f Bramah-
' 'Considering thefe. works, as I dot, with the eyes of an artift,
they are only to be paralleled with the rude eflays of the ingenious
-Indians I have met with in Otaheite, and on other
iflands in the South Seas. The time when thefe fculptujes
were produced. I believe is not eafy to afcertaia;. but thus
much is certain, that the more modem works in fculpture of
human figures, by the Hindoos, lay claim to. very little more,
merit than the.ancient- productions. Some ornaments, however,
that 1 have feen; on Hindoo temples are beautifully carved
t. hut of this I fliall have occafion to fpeak hereafter, when
I tre^t of the fubjed of Hindoo architedure- I
I broc®sued from Sukungunge to Baugtepoorv where my
purfuits were promoted with a degree of liberality that pecu