“You pass,” says he, “through an opening forty palms in circumference, made in a wall of the same stone; fifty in length, and eight in breadth; and on which there are three statues. Before entering the pagoda, you observe, on the right, a round grotto, which is more than fifty-one palms in circumference. It contains a great number of statues, some in a sitting posture, others erect; and one, on the left, which is much larger than the rest. Over this grotto arises a cupola, cut out from the rock also, and which forms with it one whole. All around the walls are seen various characters, which no one has ever yet been able to explain[214]. On entering the first vestibule of the temple, which is fifty palms square, you observe, on both sides, two columns sixty palms in height, including their chapitres, and six in diameter. On that which stands to the right as you enter are two lions, with a shield near them; and on that to the left two statues. Having passed these pillars, you see, at the entrance of a grotto on the left hand, two large statues in an erect posture, which seem as if looking at each other. Proceeding farther, you find, on the left, two other statues of a prodigious size, and a third on the right, all standing, with several small ones near them. All these are in the vestibule; for, on entering the adjoining grotto, which forms a square of twenty-four palms, you observe nothing curious. On the right side, where the lions stand, there are no statues, but two large vases on well-proportioned pedestals. “You then enter another place, on the same level, by three doors, thirty palms in height and eight in breadth, exactly similar to each other, except that the one in the middle is level with the ground, whereas those on the sides are raised five palms. In this place there are four pillars, also cut out of the rock, which are twelve palms in height, and stand between the five windows that supply the pagoda with light. On the right side of the door you observe several unknown characters, which, like the rest of the work, have suffered considerable injury from the hand of time. Besides various small figures, there are in this apartment two colossal statues more than twenty-five palms in height. They are in an upright position, have the right hand stretched out open, and hold a dress in the left. Their heads are covered with conical caps; and in their ears they have pendants, exactly like those of the Indians.