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The most afflicting part of this description we forbear from quoting. Let any one read it, and he will not be surprised that the indignant Greeks burned with a thirst of vengeance. The third campaign is told with the same fulness and candour, but we cannot even allude to its events. Then follow some general remarks on the conduct of the European States in relation to Greece on the moral condition of the people-the state of religion-the population and resources-some speculations on the revolution and its consequences, and an estimate of the proper policy of England. These are instructive, sagacious and able. They do credit to the knowledge, and to the feeling of Mr. Blaquiere. He is strongly in favor of the Greeks, and opposes the opinions of Sir W. Gell with great moderation and great success. The only defect we can discover in the volume, is a want of facts in the latter part of it. In all other respects it deserves the highest praise for the fairness of its statements-the manliness of its sentiments-the copiousness of its details, and the spirit and vigour of its style.

Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain. Selected and
Translated by JOHN BOWRING. London: Taylor and
Hessey, 1824.

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ject, and are remarkable for the felicity of their versifi-
cation, and the simple elegance of their diction; yet they
cannot be regarded as a complete collection, nor even as
a fair representative specimen of the ballad poetry of
Spain. They are not, we suspect, direct translations
from the Spanish, and with all their grace and beauty,
they want raciness and nationality. They are imita-
tions and paraphrases rather than translations.
Bowring's volume is more full and comprehensive in
its selections-more national in its style, and altogether
a juster representation of Spanish popular poetry.
We do not intend to make any remarks on the na-
ture of this poetry. It is an interesting topic, and
would lead us much beyond the space which we assign
to reviews. The following passage from Mr. Bow-
ring's preface sufficiently characterizes the popular poe-
try of Spain.

"The popular poetry of Spain is, however, especially interesting, because it is truly national. Its influence has, perhaps, served more than any other circumstance to preserve, from age to age, the peculiar characteristics of the Spanish nation. Their language, their habitual thoughts and feelings, their very existence, have all borrowed the hues of their romantic songs. The immortality of their poets is not alone in the recollections, or the affections, of the people, but in their every-day pursuits, and enjoyments, and cares. All events have conbined to create this character. The haughty orientalism of the Mussulmans, and the rude struggles of ardent and courageous adventurers for freedom, the knight-errantry of the chivalric ages,-the music of the trobadores,-all in action among high mountains, mighty streams, the surrounding sea, the unclouded heaven, and conveyed through a language singularly poetical and sonorous, have created the love, and the practice, of romantic song, throughout the Peninsula, and stamped, indelibly, a distinguishing impress upon its universal mind.

"When the very narrow range of these compositions is considered, their variety, as well as their simplicity, will excite admiration. The poet in Spain is no heir of creation, calling" the world-the world!" his own. His enthe sublimer aspirations of his genius are suppressed. It thusiasm is fettered by civil and religious despotism: all is strange he should have done so much when he could do nothing without fear and awe; and the inquirer asks, What might he not have done if the highest and noblest themes of song had not been banned and barred to his im

From the translations themselves our extracts must them so as to present a specimen of each sort. The be very miscellaneous. We will manage to diversify ensuing is earnest and forcible enough.

To few persons is our literature more deeply indebted in the way of translation than to the author of the volume before us. Mr. Bowring has not attempted to improve or supplant any of the old versions of the Latin and Greek Poets, but has bent his faculties and acquirements to new and untried subjects. He has made his expedition to the North Pole and succeeded much better than Captain Parry. Until the appear-agination?" ance of "the Russian Anthology," who knew or believed that there was any thing poetical in Russia? Snow, Cossacks, bears, and the knout were the only productions in which those frozen regions were supposed to be fertile, when all at once our ignorance was illuminated by some very beautiful irradiations of pure and splendid poetry. The muse of Holland has been dragged forth from her hiding place of fens, and the obscurity of smoke, into a brighter day by this accomplished and intrepid intellectual explorer. We are now called upon to thank him for a new presentsimilar in nature, but superior in poetical merit to any of his preceding publications. Our literature hitherto, (with the exception of Lockhart's Ballads) has possessed no considerable collection of Spanish poetry. Mr. Lockhart's translations are beautiful as to the sub

WOMAN'S JEALOUSY.

"Ningun hombre se llame desdichado."
"Talk not to me of all the frowns of fate,
Or adverse fortune; nor offend my ears
With tales of slavery's suffering in Algiers,
Nor galley's chains, heavy, disconsolate.
Speak not to me of fetter'd manics' woes,
Nor proud one from his glory tumbled down:
Dimm'd honour,-friend-abandon'd,-broken crown:
These may be heavy sorrows; but who knows
To bend his head beneath the storms of life
With holy patience,-he the shock will bear,
And see the thundering clouds disperse away.

But give to mortal man a jealous wife,-
Then misery,-galleys,-fetters,-frowns,-despair,—

Loss,-shame,-dishonour,-folly:-What are they?"

The following is remarkable for its ease and simplicity.

WHAT WILL THEY SAY OF YOU AND ME. "¿Que de vos y de mi, Senora,

que de vos y de mi diran ?"

"What of you and me, my lady,
What will they say of you and me ?

They will say of you, my gentle lady,
Your heart is love and kindness' throne-

And it becomes you to confer it

On him who gave you all his own :

And that as now, both firm and faithful,

So will you ever, ever be

What of you and me, my lady,

What will they say of you and me?

They will say of me, my gentle lady,

That I for you all else forgot :

And heaven's dark vengeance would have scathed me,

Its darkest vengeance-had I not.

My love! what envy will pursue us,
Thus link'd in softest sympathy-
What of you and me, my lady,
What will they say of you and me?

They will say of you, my gentle lady,
A thousand things,-in praises sweet-
That other maidens may be lovely-
But none so lovely and discreet.

They will wreathe for you the crown of beauty,
And you the queen of love shall be-
What of you and me my lady,
What will they say of you and me?

They will say of me, my gentle lady,
That I have found a prize divine-
A prize too bright for toils so trifling,
So trifling as these toils of mine;

And that from heights so proud and lofty,
Deeper the fall is wont to be-

What of you and me, my lady,

What will they say of you and me?"

We cannot refrain from quoting these two pieces.

A TRUER LOVE AT HOME.

"Ya no quiero amores."

"My love, no more to England,
To England now shall roam,
For I have a better, sweeter love,
Yes! a truer love at home.

I want no fair-cheek'd damsel there,
To bind me in love again;
To seek a cold and distant fair
Were time employ'd in vain :
So then in search of Cupid

I'll not to England roam,

For I have a better, sweeter love,
Yes! a truer love at home.

If I should visit England,

I'll hope to find them true:

For a love like mine deserves a wreath,

Green and immortal too.

But O they are proud, those English dames,
To all who thither roam;

And I have a better, sweeter love,

Yes! a truer love at home."

I CANNOT LOVE THIS ENGLAND. "Ay! Dios de mi tierra."

"God of my country! hear me, And let me hence remove: Alas! alas! this England

I can no longer love.

God of the best, the brightest,
The dearest spot of earth,
Where thou hast loved to scatter
Thy gifts of joy and mirth,
See how in gloom I wander,
How mournfully I rove:
Alas! alas! this England
I can no longer love.
What sins have I committed.
What duties left undone,
That they are all recorded,
And punished every one?
Did I not leave my country?
And did not Heaven reprove?
Alas! alas! this England

I can no longer love.

Ah me! that gloomy misery
With other miseries blends;

'Tis like a pang infernal

That never, never ends:

"Twere better far to perish,

Than conscience' pangs to prove.

Alas! alas! this England

I can no longer love.

O who can bid the sorrows

That crush the soul depart?

O who can think of blessings
When curses scathe the heart?
One-one alone petition-

God! let me hence remove:
Alas! alas! this England

I can no longer love."

What a fine spirit of patriotism breathes through this national song? It might have been hymned by the devoted bands which in the last sad struggle for Spanish freedom poured forth their blood in vain.

"How wretched the fate of the fetter-bound slave!
How green and how holy the patriot's grave!
Let us rush to the field! for the trump from afar
Calls Spaniards to triumph, and heroes to war!
Our country in tears sends her sons to the plain
To conquer,-to perish for freedom and Spain !
O list to the summons! the blood of our sires
Boils high in our veins,-and 'tis vengeance inspires,
Who bows to the yoke? who bends to the blow?"
No hero will bend, and no Spaniard will bow!
Our country in tears sends her sons to the plain
To conquer,-to perish for freedom and Spain!
My children, farewell! my beloved, adieu!
My heart's blood shall flow in its torrents for you;
These arms shall be red with the gore of the slain,
Ere they clasp thee, fond wife! to this bosom again!
Our country in tears sends her sons to the plain
To conquer,-to perish for freedom and Spain !"

A single extract more from these beautiful poems, and we have done. It is a specimen of that fine tone of morality which is so often found in Spanish ballads, and which forms a large part of the national character.

THE WORLD AND ITS FLOWERS.

"Del mundo y sus flores."

"Trust not, man! earth's flowers-but keep Busy watch-they fade, they bowWatch, I say, for thou may'st weep

O'er the things thou smil'st on now. Man! thou art a foolish child,

Playing for a flying ballTrifling sports, and fancies wild,

But the earth-worm swallows all. Wherefore in a senseless sleep,

Careless dreaming---thoughtless vow---
Waste existence ?---Thou wilt weep

O'er the days thou smil'st on now.
Earth--that passes like a shade,
Vain as lightest shade can be;
Soon in dust and darkness laid,
Crumbles in obscurity.

Insects of destruction creep

O'er its fairest, greenest bough: Watch, I say, or thou shalt weep

O'er the flowers thou smil'st on now.

Watch, I say; the dying worm

That lifts up its voice to thee---
Dreads the over-threatening storm---
Fain in shelter'd port would be.
Laugh not---scorn not---tempt not---keep
Smiling folly from thy brow,
Lest in misery thou shouldst weep

O'er the thoughts thou smil'st on now.
Our quotations have been so numerous, that it is
scarcely necessary for us to say any thing of the man-
ner in which the translations are executed. The reader
will perceive that Mr. Bowring has a fine and delicate
taste, great mastery over language, and no slight ac-
quaintance with the art and mystery of versification.
Perhaps there is a deficiency of variety about the spe-
cimens-not of variety in selection-but in expression.
The volume however, is full of talent of all sorts, and
is a valuable accession to the elegant part of our lite-

rature.

The Naturalist's Repository of Exotic Natural
By E. DONOVAN, F.L.S.W.S., &c. 2 vols.
Simpkin and Marshall.

proficient as well as the miscellaneous reader. We will quote some parts of an interesting description of the Ourang-Outang, which was exhibited at ExeterChange:

"At the time we entered the apartment instead of finding a captive in chains, or confined within a cage of latticework, or railing, we found the little object of our visit seated at the tea table holding in one hand a slice of buttered bread, and in the other a large china handle tea-cup: he was in fact just then at his tea,' and this repast he seemed to enjoy, eating the bread and butter, and at intervals sipping and drinking his tea with much gravity and composure, and with perfect indifference to the number of visitors pressing round him; nor would he relinquish his meal though urged by his keeper, the better to exhibit his person to the company till he had entirely drained the cup of its contents. "What a frightful monster! is this,' exclaimed a lady, who with other visitors entered the apartment at the same time with ourselves; he deigned to cast a look upon the lady, who had so plainly disclosed her mind, as if for a moment he had been surprised: it was not the expression of his mortified pride or of his resentment; it was steadfast, intelligent, and mild, and seemed to imply that her exclamation of disgust was not misunderstood; and then resuming the gravity of his demeanour he continued his repast with composure and indifference. To us, disposed perhaps to view this prodigy with greater kindness, and to regard it as a being ordained by Nature to occupy a more important station in the scale of the brute creation than we had already seen, his aspect was more extraordinary than displeasing. In those particulars, in which the similitude to the human frame was most observable, the likeness, it must be allowed, was far from flattered: according to our analytical ideas of symmelong, the legs and thighs too short, and the face elongated try or beauty, the arms were disproportionately much too beyond all due proportion; but his eye beamed intelligence, and spoke the workings of a sagacity endowed with strong mental powers and penetration. In the features of this interesting being the Physiognomist would more easily discover a resemblance to some gradations of the human race, than is found to exist in any other known animal. The greatest deficiency in this similitude arose from the extreme depression of the nasal organ which lies nearly flat upon the concavity of the face. With this exception the likeness was not remote. The features were those of the negro, amalgamated with certain peculiarities of the Chinese, and unitHistory.ing with both a cast of character which reduced it nearer to London: the resemblance of the canine race. A nose of some considerable prominency would have rendered the likeness human, but in the apparent absence of this organ, owing to its flat position in the depression of his face between the eyes and the mouth, the greater length of the forehead, and prothis greater similitude to the brute creation. In considering the features of this animal with attention, there was an anomalous appearance between age and youth: his unwillingness to part with his cup of tea was testified in the expressive glances of an old negro, with the untutored obstinacy of a rustic boy: he clasped the cup so firmly that it would have been broken before it could have been disengaged from his grasp; but no sooner was the repast finished than he resumed his former mildness and composure, and obeyed his keeper with affectionate obedience. He was accustomed, as we the apartments of Mr. Cross, with himself and family, where learnt afterwards, to a seat occasionally at the tea table, in he always behaved with due propriety. An ape or a monkey would have displayed many mischievous tricks among the paraphernalia of the tea table, but Jocko' could be always decline the proferred favour of partaking of the meal, but trusted. Sometimes, though seated at the table, he would this he always did with good behaviour, turning his head

THIS is, we believe, a monthly publication, of which two volumes have been submitted to the world. It is designed to contain in a commodious form a miscella-jection of the muzzle became so conspicuous, as to produce neous assemblage of elegantly coloured plates, with appropriate scientific and general descriptions of the most curious, scarce, and beautiful productions of nature, that have been recently discovered in various parts of the world. The capabilities of the author are unquestionable, having for many years devoted himself to the pursuits of natural science. Mr. Donovan's Works on Natural History are well known to the public, and his own collections are of an extensive and valuable kind.

The plates of the two volumes, now lying before us, are very well executed, and relate to almost every branch of Natural History. The illustrations are both scientific and general, and so managed as to satisfy the

entertaining as well as instructive. Mr. Donovan by this publication has put forth another strong claim to the praise and gratitude of his countrymen, and we hope he will receive the most unequivocal and solid demonstrations of both.

The Wonders of Elora: or the Narrative of a Journey to the Temples and Dwellings excavated out of a Mountain of Granite, and extending upwards of a mile and a quarter, at Elora, in the East Indies, by the route of Poona, &c. with some general Observations on the People and Country. By J. B. SEELY, Capt. &c. London: G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1824.

IF we required any evidence of the vast and beneficial influence which the better class of reviews exercises over the literature of our country, it could be easily found in the work of Capt. Seely. He tells us that his publication would never have seen the light, but for the recommendatory suggestions of the EdinWe are glad to meet burgh and Quarterly Reviews. with avowals of this sort. They are creditable to both parties. In the present instance the reviewers may take some pride to themselves for having given birth to a

aside and uttering a monotonous feeble sound as a sign of his refusal. When he experienced the kindness of any grateful present, such as an orange, or other palatable fruit, he would take the hand of the donor and press it to his lips, or those he knew, if required, he would salute upon the cheek with a kind of kiss; for he had some little muscular motion in the lips, though they were destitute of that pliability which ours possess. Sometimes, after declining to partake of whatever chanced to be upon the table and sitting quietly observing the company with an air of melancholy and mildness, he would deliberately rise up in his place, survey every object round him, and if any thing happened to attract his fancy, he would, by pointing at it testify his wish for it: upon such occasions his only breach of decorum has been, when nothing else upon the table pleased him, to take without permission, or the assistance of the tea tongs, a small lump of sugar from the sugar-dish between his thumb and finger. Fruit was the most grateful of his food. When ill he had broth, which he would eat out of a basin with a spoon, as he had been taught it seems by the boatswain of the Cæsar,' in his voyage from Java to England. His partiality for raw meat while on board the ship, which Mr. Abel intimates, was not observable while he remained in the Exeter Change Managery; nor indeed was he singular in this respect, for none of the Simia race subsist on animal food; if by accident they are presented with a piece of raw meat they throw it away after chewing it a little to extract the juice, and it is indeed seldom that they are induced to put it in their mouths. Tea, milk, and water, he was in the usual habit of drinking, and Mr. Abel mentions coffee. His predilection for strong liqours was plain from his once taking a bottle of thecap-most interesting and valuable volume. tain's brandy. After his arrival in England, he had no access to such ardent spirits, but beer and ale in particular delighted him: he would drink with his keeper, mug for mug, till his intellectual powers were pretty well overcome, and half tipsey Jocko, in such moments, was rather inclined to merriment; not testifying his mirth by any apeish or mischievous tricks, but relaxing a little from his usual gravity would romp with much good-nature, appearing at such times to forget he was a captive and seeming to consider himself only among his friends. Sometimes when the keepers of the Managery were sitting down regaling themselves in his room with a tankard of ale, he would attentively watch all their movements beneath him, seated in his hammock near the ceiling, in the expectation of being invited to partake of his favourite beverage. For awhile he would sit very patiently, and then descending walk up to the table. If still not invited or made welcome, he would perhaps draw a chair to the table and mounting into it gaze round him as if to ascertain the cause of being unnoticed; and then resting his hands upon the edge of the table would venture to peep into the tankard, "Conceive the burst of surprise at suddenly coming upon and was indeed delighted when he was allowed to drink the stupendous temple, within a large open court, hewn out liquor that chanced to be remaining. Sometimes the keep- of the solid rock, with all its parts perfect and beautiful, ers would intimate that he could not want any ale because standing proudly alone upon its native bed, and detached he had not brought his mug for it; this hint was never lost, from the neighbouring mountain by a spacious area all Jocko would immediately hasten up to a lofty shelf suspend-round, nearly 250 feet deep, and 150 feet broad; this uned near his hammock, where his half pint handle mug was rivalled fane rearing its rocky head to a height of nearly placed, and returning with it in his hand, receive with much expression of pleasure the portion of ale which they thought 100 feet-its length about 145 feet, by 62 broad-having well-formed door-ways, windows, staircases to its upper proper to pour into the mug, holding it steadily by the hand floor, containing fine large, rooms of a smooth and polished while they poured it in. His fondness for milk has been mentioned: and as a proof of his sagacity: it may be added surface, regularly divided by rows of pillars: the whole bulk of this immense block of isolated excavation being that he could distinguish the footsteps of a girl, who at an upwards of 500 feet in circumference; and, extraordinary carly hour every morning supplied the milk. She no sooner as it may appear, having beyond its areas three handsome began to ascend a lofty winding staircase leading to his apartment, than he would start from his bed; and hasten to figure galleries, or virandas, supported by regular pillars, the door with a jug in his hand to receive the milk, and if with compartments hewn out of the boundary scarp, conthe door happened to be locked inside, as was sometimes the taining 42 curious gigantic figures of the Hindoo mythocase, he would turn the key in the lock, and open the doorlogy-the whole three galleries in continuity, enclosing the areas, and occupying the almost incredible space of nearly with one hand, while with the other he held forth the jug to 420 feet of excavated rock; being, upon the average, about receive the milk." 13 feet 2 inches broad all round, in height 14 feet and a half; while, positively, above these again are excavated fine

The whole of the dissertation on the Simia, is very

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The caverned temples hewn out of the mountain of Elora, are amongst the most stupendous and wonderful monuments of antiquity in the world. They have hitherto been very little known, in consequence of having been noticed only in the more expensive works on oriental antiquity. The publication of Capt. Seely will supply in a manageable form, that information which was before wanting. As our business is at present entirely with the monuments themselves, we shall not stop to abridge or criticise the account of the author's journey from Bombay, through the Mahratta country, by Poona to Elora. It is unpretendingly written, and sufficiently entertaining. The first temple is that of Keylas, the general appearance of which he thus describes :

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large rooms. Within the court, and opposite these gal-had seven millions of warriors and fighting men; while leries, or virandas, stands Keylas the Proud, wonderfully towering in the hoary majesty-a mighty fabric of rock, surpassed by no relic of antiquity in the known world." Captain Seely accompanies his description with a plan of the temple, and it certainly appears to be a very marvellous excavation. It is covered with sculp-great wonders of the cavern being produced in one night, tures, which represent the deities and events of Hindoo mythology. The account of these is somewhat too long, although the author thus frankly avows his in

tentions :

others were daily flocking to their standard. They then
determined to wage war against their relation Couroo,
who, from the length, mildness, and virtues of his reign,
was universally beloved by his subjects. Even those that
had deserted, and had gone over to the five brothers, from
a mistaken notion of their being deified heroes, by the
seceded, and joined Couroo, who called together his faithful
millions, eager to repel aggression; but the event of the
followers, and found that his fighting men exceeded eleven
conflict was disastrous to Couroo, for the brothers had
found favour with Crishna, (Vishnu) as they had performed
Crishna stood before Urzoon while he mounted his charger,
great and holy works. So much were they favoured, that
and bade him not fear the hosts of Couroo. Thus were the
employed by the Pandoos."
caves of Elora excavated:-Visvacarma being the architect

Captain Seely made arrangements to reside in the temple, in order to pursue his researches to greater advantage. The treaty between the contracting parties on this subject is very amusing:

"Believe me, I shall be as brief in my recollections of these deities or heroes, as is consistent with illustrating our work; for much precious time have I, in the zeal and enthusiasm of my youth, wasted on Hindoo mythology, and legendary lore, and at last rose up as satisfied, and about as much instructed in the early period of Hindoo history as at my commencement. Truly, with the greatest application on the spot, and with native assistants, it is an endless and unprofitable task: I literally, from intense study, assuming the dress of a native, living on vegetable diet, with pure water for my beverage, was almost mythologically mad for upwards of a year; so that I have a feeling of regard, from my own experience, in not afflicting my reader with any lengthened accounts of those once mighty personages, who will shortly pass in review before us, rank and file. Were I simply to state that there are figures, emblems, &c. without slightly alluding to their history, at-lowed to the devotees at certain hours for the Ling worship tributes, or powers, my narrative would be deemed vague, and myself exceedingly negligent. Did I, on the other hand, make a parade of what I have acquired on the subject, a large book would be the result. A great book is a great evil. I have no ambition of that kind, nor wish unnecessarily to increase mine. This prefatory observation will suffice throughout."

It may be worth while to quote the following fabulous history of Elora :

"Article 1. The great hall of the temple is to be entirely evacuated by the fakeers of all orders, and the portico at the entrance to be likewise freed of all intruders.Agreed to; but that my servants are on no account or pretence to cook meat, or smoke tobacco, within the walls. "Article 2. That free ingress and egress are to be al

of Maha Deo, situated in one of the small rooms.-Agreed to; but the priests and pilgrims are to proceed down the hall by the side aisles, and not through the larger or centre one.-Agreed to.

"Article 3, That one spring of water is solely appropriated to my purposes, and no other to be polluted in any way whatever by me or my people.-Agreed to.

is to be slaughtered near any of the temples, but one hun"Article 4. That no fowl, sheep, kid, or other animal, dred yards distant in front of the ground where my tent is pitched; that the cooking is to take place a few yards outside the wall of the front entrance.-Agreed to.

1810.

On my part,

(Signed)

SOMEKEE RAM VYSTNAM, Brahman Bhumeshearee, Sunassee. Gopal-Dass, Gossein. Indurvirak umee, Voiragee. NULLA RAO,

Brahman and Pundit."

It is wholly impossible for us to follow the author through his minute and elaborate description of the temple, its galleries, apartments, sculptures, &c. They are in the highest degree curious, and worthy of attention, and we must refer the inquisitive reader to the volume itself.

"Dhrutarass, a blind and holy man, much favoured by Brahma, had a son called Couroo, and a brother named Pundoo, or Pandoo: it was so ordered, that the uncle and nephew were to govern the world; but it happened they could not settle about their respective sovereignties. They were ordered, by a vision, to settle the dispute by playing a certain game of hazard, and Pandoo, the uncle of Couroo, lost it. To hide his misfortune, and to obliterate from his mind all ideas of his former power and greatness, he vowed to retreat from the face of mankind, accompanied by his wife Contee. After travelling a great distance they came to this part of India: the retirement of the place was congenial to their heavy sorrows, and here they fixed themselves. In the course of a few years they begat five sons; these were Yudishteer, Bheem, or Bhima, Urjoon, or Urzuna, Nacool, and Seyhuder. From a pious motive, and to please the god Crishna, they commenced excavating caverns for religious purposes; and, that the undertaking might appear miraculous and wonderful to mankind, they entreated the god for a night that might last one year, which request was granted. Bheem, the second son, was the principal assistant, he being amazingly strong, and eating the enormous quantity of one candy and a half of meat during the day (900lbs.). When the five brothers had finished their excavations, day broke forth; the brothers "The name of this temple, or vaulted chapel, is Visvawere then despatched to propagate the wonder; and mil- carma, the architect who excavated the whole of these works, lions of people flocked from the farthest parts to behold the under the patronage of Vishnu and the Pandoos. As Visvamighty and favoured family of the Pandoos. Their father, carma, the artificer of the gods, was a workman of great rePundoo, was removed from this world to a better, for his nown in former days, and of which his labours at Elora are piety; the sanctity of the brothers, and their supposed in-no very insignificant specimen, a few lines, in elucidation of fluence with the Deity, brought over boundless countries his history, will not be a very censurable disgression. and dominion to their sway: in a short period of time they || Visvacarma, or Biskurma, is the architect of Rama (ano

vation of Visvacarma. It is hewn out of the solid rock The next temple of importance is the arched excato a depth of 130 feet, exhibiting a spacious temple, with a circular roof, and a series of octangular pillars, reaching the whole length of the temple..

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