MnteA-f^the' teimeesJonwhich*, it,-stands is raised, on aj.rftc^^gnim^ncgj*
eonsidStably higher-«than“fth e Gircumjacenb country. I t iv a ^ c f in ^ d (b.y,
E iffiy ^ ife ^ '^ rh e •Teef and the: whole of ttespifdlWie rieMy ,fddedj.^^G^,).
when the siin^hines, exhibit a singularly splendid appeajanpe... ,;
« ^ f e ’stoaM^BxdiaryjhuydMi^^hetyfi1' more ;n um e r o^ 1 ,h an th^e.th^t,;
surround -the base' of the Pogue temple. Perceiving th%t sevend »fishes©
were in a ruinous state,-whilst the foundations of others were j u s t e d *
and some half finished, i asked, why they did.iiot repair the daniag^sSf
the old before: they erected mew onrc, .and w a s ;told,
c ayedpraw o r »temple, though »an {act,®|piety, was not
to erect a new o n e ; thaf sometimes the old ■ ones were repaired by those
passage in the Scriptures where the “ house of Dagon”> , mentioned, ;mdthc ima|e o fjd^
try bows down before the holy ark.. _
.r “ Next came onp -
“ Who mourn’d in earnest, when tfe captive ar*
“ Maim’d his brute linage, head and hands iopt off
•“ In his own temple on the grunsel edge, .
. “ Where he fell.flat, and sham’d Jus worshippers ; (
“ Dagotthis name, sea monster, upward man
“ And downward fish: yet had his temple high
« Rear’d in Azotus, dreaded through the coast
“ Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon,
-- '"«f And Accaron and Gaza’s frontier hounds; milton, b. i .
The rrm^Mg«™ is too striking to pass unnoticed; at the same time it should be observed,
ftat analogies of this kind, though always pleasibg, are often deceptive.
\ijicyueie umwlhpjj$wi.un iblqylpMjcy.ftJfhe cxpe^Qj^qJ)IfecojiipTcic builditigfv
MiJ.T.tclyi'oJqientlcd oii^KiAi^&l^^nclt'mcliiiatUHi-'oblteijaljiuqi.' .jj
- P 'I,ti,e®prdi>(s.of^ the tepni c ott!.,vaM M i<.. temple I'^vf^cd, are p knifed
t e "a j Inflows „'ko'imjbi'j\jjjfrfijj cnee (hue is JSibe^^ful
and txtcnsH^c ^ecn,»" hiding
'vH°bdy coiiiji^ .Slid tlip temple olfS\‘u mr Jutleffeitycl ipi. to
t^iose thatyhavc )i a a |a J e f e b is ta n d s * lit. irjt‘t4^fil.iGii(iiii’()fbi‘hL>sVii ams
^Plicj.rd&i^mciiisacitft luclinow V0f^ih^dn^fn®a|i®/5r^wlj^fj)imcd in s e \c J
j3l pjac.es It'vtiNslifline been-tuigirp^Ucisiyi,^ rlj.onrJlJpi.iIi ip’s less pic'*
^Uresqife s5?fit Judwthp pi fic^r^ < lea^cd^ and tljoJit'IdsJud out (oi
^cultivation : wVrould obsciye jewfm nLsf.ijllffipio.vioment^ \^oTMs: ! ikcf^l
anc^iBi vOT^preselited,, theft .
The road leading from ,tbeii,t'i?)|rt(^He temptejjs <formed»wM||(^rV, a
W.iffefau^eu wjatreprevents tlic iai^Kiftiylydgmo and^tlupws tt
off'to the sides.: numbj|$l|>s^i t tJ o spires arc dangid alqng,tho edgeuildihe
rpad, in wbieh^diV-nKlies to. receive-smallp'im igts o{ thu&£ll\.iriit\-(, mdr
m a ^ ly e r a l kioums or monasteries lay m* this dni,etiOn,i ociieiallwkmfSied
a short distance horn the public w iv ,‘^uder the, shade-of pipafoi 11 narind
ig l& w ;
Birmans, like'djl|the natiyes'®f |hg E ja s k ,.« » ^ ],fo n ^ c ^ js io tis ;
scarce a week passes that there's® not a,y^hgroussdfej^iy m jRangtojtm;
cither a luneral o i some person who leases sufheicntjtgftfehay thu c*rifcbqc
jof a pompous public,butting, <|i^the ccr.emq.My'.qf^ admit t in o^yqutlis;into
thexpnvents of the Rhaha^ns; on thejatter occasion parents \ ie w ult each
^ h e r , ajjjd spare no co st: the principal Gharge consists m enteit urpnents,
and the customary presents to tb,e Rhahaans. The a g ^ d f intiiictioii is
generally from eight- to twelve years. When a boy is to be introduced into a
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