On 5 has been hewn the lion in the wood where the wood-pecker comes-to him; on 7 the lion writhes with pain, and on 8 he is helped by the wood-pecker. On 9 we see the hungry bird near the lion with his prey. Major Van Erp supposes that this last sculpture should refer to another jâtaka. See at the bottom. Many pieces formerly placed among the mentioned sculptures, have been lost whereas other ones have not yet been explained. But when we remember how those described here follow each other in the same range of succession like the _jâtakas_ in the _Mâla_ translated by Speyer, we then may believe that the not expounded and missing sculptures have had some connection with other _former lives_, and that even _this_ gallery may have been a continuous series. Oldenburg indicated indeed, still other jâtakas in this series which had not been translated by Speyer, that is, after the _western_ staircase, 6, 7, 8 and 9 (W. L., 192, 193, 194 and 195). The Lord hewn as a _tortoise_ at sea takes the endangered crew of a sinking ship on his back, and carrying them ashore he offers his own body to the starving ones. On 6 has been hewn the tortoise, on 7 the sinking ship surrounded by sharks and other fish, on 8 we see the tortoise with the shipwrecked men on his back, and 9 describes the rescued ones with their rescuer who is inclined to sacrifice himself. On the front-wall of the fifth and highest gallery Oldenburg meant the _second_ sculpture behind the _southern_ staircase (W. L. CCCLXXXIX) to be the Lord as the _horse_ Balâha, which, once carried travellers across the sea. But as for the _lower_ series of the back-wall of the first gallery he shows to: 3 after the _eastern_ staircase and 1 after the _next_ corner which should refer to king Dakshina Pantyala’s conversation with the bewitched _nâga_ Janmatyitra; the latter’s exorcism and redemption by _hunter_ Halaka (the Lord), and the hunter’s admission into the residence of the grateful nâga. This nâga is to be recognised at the serpents in his hair[54]. Mr. _Foucher_ fortunately gives us an account of this story (according to the text of the _Divyâvadana_) far more detailed than I could have possibly taken from other sources. It refers to the _Sudhana Kumârâ Vadâna_: the 1th after the _second_ corner, and following relievoes: 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 W. L. It begins with the first panel south of the eastern staircase. 1. In the empire of _Pantyâla_ there once lived 2 kings, one in the north, and the other in the south. The first was a good prince, and his empire prospered. The latter was bad, and his empire had fallen into decay. Probably, the first prince may have been hewn here.