is fully 6 feet in length. There were lying about, both in the temple and near a bridge three miles nearer Etá, by the road side, many cut blocks of kankar.

One of them, figured as No. 10, bore traces of great antiquity, and reminded me of some faces similarly arranged, which I had drawn at Benares: the type is a universal one.

Many fragments of cornice were also lying there, all indicating a large building. Two of these are shewn drawn to scale in Figures 3 and 4. Ornamental details, figures 2 and 12 indicate the date of the work, the former being very bold and effective; whilst the latter, in spite of the rough grain of the kankar, looks very rich.

Moulding, No. 13 is ornamented with the old denticulated pattern, and has a good effect.

Figure 11, shews two tigers, more modern in their design.

From the above it will be seen that the details of ornamentation were very rich, in spite of the uncompromising nature of the material, viz. porous block kankar.

The temple was built upon a slight mound raised with earth, dug from the neighbouring marsh, now nearly filled up by the annually drifting sand of this part of the country. The temple covered a space of about 75 feet square.

The form would appear to have been oblong. I was able to recover two of the pillars, which had been originally used. It will be seen by figures 8 and 9, that they were of a very simple and early style.

The base figures in both and the central portion in each is eightsided. The upper recessed portion in Figure 9 has, however, only six sides. These pillars may have formed part of the same building; for we often find different patterns employed in one edifice.

Figure 7 represents an eaves-stone cut in imitation of wood work. It probably covered some small door or upper light, and, as before remarked, resembles those found at Jaunpur (Pair Daruba and Atala mosque) and Rajghat, Benares. The figure of a sitting Buddha is still on the spot to point out who were the founders, although there are also several Hindu deities present in effigy on sundry slabs of stone, to attest the subsequent appropriation.

Around the niches once occupied by figures of Buddha are handsome

ornaments one of which, (32 inches by 24 inches) has been figured by me as No. 15. There were many others of the same character. We now come to the roof. Of the central slab of this Buddhist (or as Fergusson would call it "Jain") ceiling, I was fortunate enough to find three portions, one of which has been figured as No. 5; it is drawn to scale, from which it will be perceived that the central rose lotus blossom must have been 5' 4" in diameter. This would give a central chamber vault of at least 11 feet, or with the cornice 12 feet. The massiveness of the long slabs of block kankar, must have been very great; but they were not sufficiently strong to bear the weight of a large pípal tree, which now stands upon this spot, and which doubtless helped much to cause the ruin.

Arrived at the exterior of the roof, we find a strange pinnacle, of a form new to me, one in which the form of the vase is not abandoned, but very well adapted. Vide figure 1.

There were also built into the walls around, the remains of three kalasas, each of 3 feet diameter, which, doubtless, at a subsequent period, capped portions of the edifice. I also observed the fragment of a very singular capital (figure not numbered) which would seem to have been used in the building. An emblem of S'iva has been erected in the centre of a wretched enclosure on the site, and the said enclosure is generally kept clean; but except by the women, much sanctity does not seem to obtain for the place. It is, however, the scene of many a festive "mela" or fair, held at regular intervals, and for the convenience of visitors at which, the kankar blocks have been much scattered and rebuilt into small walls. The temple was undoubtedly of Buddhist origin, and belonged probably to the fifth or sixth century after Christ. Of course, it was impossible to find any mason marks, as these could not be well cut on kankar blocks. There was no inscription that I could discover, whilst my search for coins in the village produced nothing.

These notes may prove the more valuable, as it is probable that in a short time not a trace will remain of this ancient ruin.

Karauli.-At the suggestion of General Cunningham, I drove over to Karauli, which is about 11 miles north of Mainpuri, and upon the Grand Trunk Road from Allahabad to Delhi, being 240 miles from the latter place.