00ufis^Hiiag\ftyf a^th'e sh'Mn6Ss T3r o urstay wovdtladifiit. O n entering the -
fib ril Wfe winding ?®rê«,.vfebd«# thirty feet
Mcfo;; tfië hâSsêg’Vfëtts feüilt Of fe'âfifebôj 'àild Étfeod front the gWünd ; thfe
« à a r # & full of shops, containing no other a i'tM e itta a laefosted ware*
b$?ëS, îrày%i Vâraîsfred ita A Very ftBât ïatthnèri wéfë displayed
iâ tfiè front ë f the shops; they were Of Various cëfoUïs, sonVe had figure*
pâînted «il thètn, others wrëstfrs bf fl'owerS. JjeaVîAg this street Wè crossed
à wfèr-^tfSfe^ffilTgoèd wooden bridgé, âM câüè fè tÈte b àïàrv Sï fS%-
vision màrkèi: tfie gjniSh-litàfls èèeïkfâd <«' bfe WeH ^»WVMsd "With
puise, grèëft's, garlic, onions-, aïfd Irait ; thërè wërè àîsë frèsh-fisfr, Gnâptëé,
àhd dead Biat-ds, Vrldch làtütëriflfe BirBààh's-kfeêoüÉt A d tlf e é y ^ but theTè
WâS ndt iÈQy Hteaï.. ïn o® ‘Çft>giësa, wrfStf#6d'-Wef another 't^ g p * '* * *
saw sevdràl i&fëéfês fùnniàg î è p a raM îfttës ; some of these were inhabited
b y carriers, Mfhsè cattle WeTe foedSlg 'oh fiée Wfâw., frdffiM :th ü f feüÀAes.
Having reached the extremity of the town id thîs direiSfdhjV^è dâkie%p&h à
wèHlpaVeà toâd, th à tied lô ÜÎe'gréât tëmpkînæfied*|itK»é^^doai‘,1t!é tvjÉdh
we prôcëeàëd. "On bâch side ôMiè:road fîière'Wàts à ^ tfg éo f^ â liïë tf^ feÊ ^
flèglèctéd àatd îii Wins : tfhé 'kidùins, or monasteries, VW#è ià good tépafe,
àrfd we "Saw'some handsome hoâses for ïhe âdceâS®i©îteiM ^ rstfângiSib.
Shdézêëgodn ish ëith er solaige nor so'well-btiik âs^fhë'templdâât Ran-
gôdft Or Péguë-; thé height doôs -hot ëkoëëd 330fdet :: itbs'SfeWiuilâëdfo’y
k spadidife gibk ^âvèd with bfëâd 31ags,~bb'Whiéh there -a*ë:â number of
fesser hüîldffigs, yrbfùëèJy gîldéd, dtld;lâbo¥idüsly ;eurV%d, A Stairr&âSè t®
thé outside leads up to :a gâïïery,-about k.'fhird ofThe'hëightofrfherprinoi|)àl
temple, from Whence We had an extensive-prospect ohthë country, which
appeared to be exceedingly mhproduct-i'vë :ahd barren : the inlins bfriimm-
inerable-religious ‘Buildings were to be';seéii in -ever-y direction, w h ic h e v e r
a-spuce of -groimd:tiot less -than six or 'sev^n miles ^long.ihe1 river, .and
thkee kid®: inland. Pagahm is said been the residence of fortyfive
successive monarchs, aakl :Was ,abandoned BW years ago iimrtflggV
qisesjace of ’a -dtsanie .admonirticini::; whatever- may fre Ji(kltaiet.i»8^yr it
certainly was osce a plaee -ofno ordinary isplendour. I:iR otp^mg by.:a:|J&
feteat way, weikralked. through an alley occupied b y b la ckw d h s’
furnished with bill-hooks, spike-nails, adzes, 8cc. A little farther on we
'tSa|ipaf’a^!8bfe«t; 'that had heehucoasumed by £w p a l ^ y o d^yp
before ; froiA sewnty fes eighty -houses were destroyed]by thevqppflagT^r
W It was. the li»dad^r,.'aikl;itte smttaers .ytoe :jk& bb)»d|t •
t%e%ftrserafele: pa^KcprogtiUttes.
ilfeasBteWObit'daiected m y -walle soufcbwand, :2ind
prised sa!t ^ e n ^ b e r< o f o^giewsaadafices 1 j^eUb":
' ture'frori^'MSse jve had s ^ n i ^ t h e lower piffaymce^ ;Jihsfe3gl&f ^ -sfeftdgf
Kpire rising to a ‘great, height from an expanded ^base, the ' feniples-'ad
i^agahm, m general, carry;' iin :'a^ VY?breadth to very ne^i the top, and
then ®Eu|ejSh?ii^tly to a point,' -w h i ^ g ^ ^ 'ra" clums:y 'appearknee to 'the
biifrdiitlf; Many of the 'mostancfonb.templ'es at tliis;place are not solid at
die bottom; a veil arched dome suppoils a ponduous superstructure;
Within, ari. image of Gaudhia sits»' enshrined fi|hfi gothic-* dgOh^aysi open
Cfnto the dorrie; iii1 one-Of these I saw a humtoifl®|feS^ding|ehect, which
K i e Seree-Vtold me,-wasli&audma; and-another- of the'-same^e^o^age,
^feying on hferight side asleep, both of gigantic .Stature\j*The^dlvin^t^how-
• ever, is rarely to be found in these f tiiludcfs ^vthc;postuie 11 vhichvhofis
* I suspect the authenticity of my inforitiation Sitmis point, yhicli, I imagine, proceeded
frdia ignorance in the Seree. Of these figures!* w^ich-lie .called! Gaudma,’ I conbg^e-the one
erect to be thftHindbo Ananda, the other,'>Naira-yan,-sleepihg.on the waters.