Near The Castle Was A Small Wooden Temple, Which Had Just Been Built; The Principal Part, However, The Amiable Idols, Was Awanting. It Was Owing To This Fortunate Circumstance That We Were Allowed To Enter The Sanctuary, Which Consisted Of A Small Marble Kiosk Standing In The Centre Of The Hall.

The temple and the columns were covered with bad paintings in the most brilliant colours.

It is strange that neither the Hindoos nor the Mahometans should have applied themselves to painting, for there are neither good pictures nor drawings to be seen among any of these people, although they have displayed such proficiency in architecture, carving in relief, and in mosaic work.

We lastly visited a remarkably fine wood of tamarind and mango trees, under the shadows of which the ashes of a number of kings are preserved in handsome monuments. These monuments consist of open temples, with broad flights of ten or twelve steps leading up to them. At the bottom of the steps, on each side, stand stone figures of elephants. Some of the temples are ornamented with beautiful sculptures.

The evening was passed in all kinds of amusements. The good doctor would have made me acquainted with all the arts of the Hindoos; however, the greater number of them were no longer new to me. A snake-charmer exhibited his little society, which performed very clever tricks, and also allowed the most poisonous serpents to twine themselves round his body, and the largest scorpions ran over his arms and legs.

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