pasturage indifferent.-We saw at a distance some fields of grain,and understood
that capacious reservoirs had been constructed with great labour and
hxpehc^®yorder ^ttefcragitfthe vreMtyufttb^^
the inhabitants tff the low countries tP water their grounds, and .renderAthe
fearth productive in a season of drought. Several kioums and villaggs were
scaffered«#r the plain ;rbut when we had advanced about ^vo.aailfi^^rlir
gious edifices increased, beyond our power to calculat<*thfenumber.i The first
that we entered was called Knebang Kioum, or the Kiotim of Immortality,
from the centre of which rose a royal Piasath, to the height of a hundred .agd
fifty feet: the roofs were of the customary complicated structure, pnejabQyej
another. Thiswas the place where the embalmed bodies of, deceased §gj|£
daws are laid in state: the building rested on a terrace pf backhand was
not elevated on pillars, as Kioums and dwelling-houses u su a ll^ e .,, The
hall was very handsome, about seventy feet square,^p^nded b^g&ise
gallery : the roof was sustained by thirty-six gilded pillars, .tli^ ^ n ^ l
forty feet in height. Mats were spread in different parts for t^yejggse of
the Rhahaans, and on each was placed a hard pillow; th^was. alsh;a ^ y
containing books on the duties of Rhahaans, on Religion,>nd the fonns,- of
religious worship.
Having rested here for a short time, we next visited the,Kioum,‘ which
was the ordinary residence of the Seredaw. This building-far exceeded, in
size and splendour, any we had before seen, and is perhaps:the most njag--
A hiI of its kind in the universe; it is constructed entirely of wood, and
resembled in the style of its structure and ornaments, that in which.we
had an interview with the Seredaw, but was much more spacious and lofty-
The numerous rows of pillars, some of them sixty feet high, all of which
were covered with burnished gilding, had a wonderfully splendid effect: it
vta’ufiMe d i f f ie n lf t^ ^ ^ y ,p ve f t h ^ i | f ® « ^ s F | ^ | ^ ^ l ) Up’a d '^ a t e .
deScxip'tion'of this extrtbrd»ihary,cdifis|^^Th9b|i|&^Sp<5xpenditur& of gildit^
thelib^ips^caonot fail td-
impress a «manoeS-fevbit‘^ £jfi|aivHmcnt&fft*.the.ftj^h^^feor- the decoratipn,
4 ‘lAdffgh^hi : 1
fiirnijjjils ^ m y ^ f e g ^ tk i^ a^dlsplaylr^r.e :S|rikjngly magni- .
fiGChtt?lllfihi;s> Kiotcpi,wasAIso td&dM,h^hApapfciftj|p i4 ^ 1hj1<|fi3^ |ftaF^ed‘l >
the :mlddle4rdm< riqrtb -to* south, f si4q&
made >h$'‘^ ^ ^ h e a r d s ^w h ic h we w e r e ^ l l ^ a ^ ^ ^ ^ l ^ a i ^ b 'C r i ofjthe
^ f e d a v ta Mats Wielife^sp^t^on^i^yQffl^delfQ^iKe jaftendant. Rhahaans:
The1 figare-OfGaudma wa&mtadk ofihoppbf?5“a n ^ p E / r a ^ % tg i ? a n d p y ^
\(fey%fess^sieod%fefdre''his
I'-'lica-v mg this huddingj we passukthi ough many courts u ow dcd-Vtth smaller,
tim p k san d Kioums. ^ v e ra% ^ ^ fc ^ |^ ^ h ||R a kU s s ? th ^ ttn d d ff^ e jP o n i,
half beS!st, half human, mald^q-f,brass,,wei:e jsjbpwed to us,“fs^e@m^osjflgU
|Supt’Qf the spoils of Arracan.. From these jwe^were^o^'db^ted ^magnifr-
'■cent tep^le Vdiich iSere6tiMgifor*the;m^gec|f|Saii^!a)ithafef%aS'|Brgdght from
-thekam'&t^untfcy. The idol- Steut 'Jenffeetdiigb,
arid5 sittfog 'iri* the usual posture, Vnl|jl-ped'&sial^w4 Mritari^|eh^pre'efis’^ :
the walls* are gilded, and adOrned withs'hit-i of)differeiit''C°l'&T^Bd|,miiT5i©,
disposed with much taste. Peculiai sanctit)i is ashnhtd to this-milage arid
devotees resort from every part'of'the etfrpirl, -td- adore the-AMSan Gaud-
ma,: wiyich' iS'hot exposed at ail hours,-to ihei^fgtvpf thaysfigar*. Thedpors
of the recess’ are Only opened when persons*- p f pardcula^P'c(||i|d^a^^P'
come to .visit it,-or at stated times\' tddndplge - the^pppufafce.' As w ^ p -
proapheds a crowd ofpeopk'thronged after-us%ithHfiinultftdus>efiilm^iasm,
»trivbig for!admittance to-offerup » p r a y e r t o d h i s ^ a i e n f e p r e ^ ^ P ^ f