on the wall fronting the entrance into it, represent Krishna attending the herds of Ananda, the Admetus of the Hindus; from which circumstance Krishen is called Goupaul, or the Cowherd, as Apollo in this quality was named by the Greeks, Nomius. In the group is a man playing on a flageolet to a child, and a figure of Krishen larger than life, attended by Goppias, or nymphs, who may be termed the Hindu muses.

On the pavement of this room, is another inscription, in characters also now unintelligible. The ascent of the hill from hence, is at first gradual and easy, and where otherwise, it is rendered so by steps shaped out of the rock. A winding staircase leads to a temple likewise cut out of the rock in it are several figures in relief, which being sheltered from the sea-air, by fronting the west, are in perfect preservation. The top of the hill is strewed with fragments, said to be the remains of a palace.—At one end of a rectangular polished slab of granite, ten feet in length, with steps to ascend to it, is the figure of a

Singham couchant; the Brahmins of the place call this slab the couch of Dhermah Rajah. Further on, is a reservoir cut into the rock, which is said to have been, originally, a bath for the use of the female inhabitants of the palace. Descending over immense fragments of stone, is a spacious excavation destined as a temple of Siva, who in the centre compartment, is represented of large stature, with four arms, the left foot resting on a bull couchant. Near him on the left is a small figure of Brahma, one of Vishnu, and another of the goddess Parvati. At one end of this temple is a gigantic figure of Vishnu sleeping, his head reclining on an immense hooded snake rolled in numerous coils, and having several heads, so disposed as to form a canopy with their heads over the head of the God.* At the opposite end of this temple is the consort of Siva, with eight arms, and mounted on a Singham; fronting her, a gigantic

* See description of the rock of Jehangueery, supra, vol. i. p. 97, note.

figure of human shape with the head of a buffalo; between them a man suspended with his head downward. The goddess has several warlike weapons, and some armed attendants of diminutive size. The monster opposite to her with the head of the Buffalo, is armed with a club. In the character of Durga, and protectress of the virtuous, she is supposed to be rescuing from the figure with the head of the buffalo, the person represented as suspended between them.

On a spot considerably elevated over this excavated temple, is a smaller one, wrought out of a single block of granite, and similar to one already described. Within it, is a slab of polished granite, resembling the one called by the Brahmins, the couch of Dhermah. Adjoining is another temple of nearly equal dimensions, but in a rude state, and which evidently had never been finished. On the plain at the bottom of the hill, is a village, chiefly inhabited by Brahmins. Near to it are remains of many stone edifices, and a large tank surrounded

with stone steps descending from the margin to the bottom.* Contiguous is a small temple, with a canopy of stone, which attracts attention by the beauty of its conThe canopy is supported by

struction.

four columns with bases and capitals, each of a single piece of granite, about twentyseven feet in height, and five feet and a half in diameter at the base; but instead of being fluted, or smooth and round, or presenting four equal sides, each has sixteen equal sides. East of the village, and washed by the sea, is a temple containing a Lingam, and dedicated to Siva. In this temple, besides other figures, there is one of a gigantic size stretched on the ground, and fastened to it. The Brahmins say that it represents a prince, who was conquered and thus

* Numerous tanks of this kind are to be found in every province of India, some in front of temples, others for the use and ornament of towns. They are of a quadrangular form; but it is said that the Hindūs, from some superstitious notion, never construct any thing of an exact square, though the deviation from it is sometimes so small as not to be perceptible to the eye.

secured by Vishnu. The waves now wash the door of the innermost apartment of this temple where the Lingam is placed, but before which Mr. Chambers supposes there were several spacious courts, such as are frequently to be found in the construction of great Hindu temples; and the column, that must have been used to ascertain the meridian when the temple was begun, and placed in front of it, is now seen standing at some distance from it in the sea.

In the neighbourhood of this building are detached fragments of it washed also. by the waves; some have sculptures on them, but these are much defaced. The Brahmins assert, that, beyond this, lie the ruins of a city, said to have been of great magnitude and magnificence, and which, though formerly several miles distant from the ocean, is now covered by it. Many circumstances tend to confirm this assertion. Mr. Goldingham says that a Brahmin of about fifty years of age, a native of the place, assured him that his grandfather had seen the gilt tops or pinnacles of the