paimee oom, carved in relief. As the. inscription, of course', begins at
opposite ends on each, side, the Bootéeas are carefal,: k-passing, that
they- do' not trace- the words backwards. This kind .of monument very-
frequently occurs at Chuka, Kepta, Pauga, Noonkoo, Wangoka, the.-
foot of the bridge below Tassisudon, and in many other places. tt4
In front of the palace^ a pampered bull sometimes. disputed the:
passage with us. He was the fiercest of his breed, and we were seldom
inclined,, therefore;-to. engage in-so rude a contest. Herappèàredi ta
enjoy his existence, upon the same easy terms as. the village, or. Brah-.
menneed, bull in Bengal; and indulgence had rendered him intolerably-
insolent. Familiarity with the lord of the -creation, had subdued his.
fear, (the great principle.of subjection) and taught him to.despise a
creature vastly his inferior in corporeal strength, and totally at his.
mercy, whenever he chose to exert his savage powers, and indulge in
the mischievous excesses of licentious, liberty..
A little further on, nearer to Tassisudon, was a long line of- sheds-,
foil of fomaces and anvils, at which some of the sons of Vulcan,
found employment in forging, brazen gods, and various, other ornaments
disposed about their religious buildings. Nor must I pass
unnoticed, that most excellent orchard, which we so roften visited in
our way home, stored with delicious fruits. When raspberries and
strawberries failed, they were succeeded by apricots and peaches ; and
hence we constantly obtained a plentiful- supply. A small gratuity
d Brahmennee, or sacred bull, of the Hindoos, rambles about the neighbourhood without
interruption ; he is universally caressed and pampered by the people, and to feed him
is deemed a meritorious act of religion.
kept the owper,always; fotgaodhumour; „and his wife, when he was,«
no.riat home,.would rgadilyrjatt(end,, .and help us to^.thei^^t’ifruit. It
contained alscuapples^; pears,,, and, wgkufeSvbut the * laiteiuy^ere.jupt,,
ripe duripg ojir-i stay*, qnd 'the. ^rmewy®4'.9Xb'ewe]y*fi^tghi; and
cpa^sehg.ri
In our perambula[ti6hs down tie vallpy, Jmften-jrested^at the; place
where,^kchief .manufacture of, paper is estahlishpd&which.was made,
I.found, by a,yery easy tree,.
herefpalled Deah,.which grows ip great,ajaubdance Upon ill* m mi
tains nuai Tassisudon, but is not produced ou those kmiediald<y|
bordering on Bengal. The method of preparing this material^ as well
as I .cojuldlearn, is as follows. When ja sufficient qua® ritydqf, hark is
collected to employ the labourer,, it is divided in,to small s foods, md
steeped and boiled in a lixivium of wood, ashes* ft ,i#thoii^talcon- up,
and laid in a heap to drain j. after which it is beaten upon a stdji^with;
a.wooden mallet, until it is reduced to an impalpafoqp’ujp; it ivtheri,
tfoqwn into a reservoir of water, where, being;well stored;about,, and
cleansed from the coarse and dirty part, wJjrch floats upon the surface^
it is still further depurated m another Jangtx yisetspir pi dean watei.
When the preparation is complete, the parts aie findy1 broJt.cn,.and that
which sinks in the water, appears mucilaginous to thqjouclp, All that
•npyy reptains is to form it into A ^ s ^ b ic h is^dqnqupon small .rcedsj
set in -frames. Thqdabourer dips the frame,injfjhp water; andraises- up
a quantity of the pulp, which, by moving the frame« in thew fojx^e
spreads,, until it entirely and-.equally, cqyers the suff^^ pfi the^eeds;
heihen raises the framesneppjendicplprly, the .\yaterdrainq#ofl§^nd.‘th|
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