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254 the neck of the vessel; in some cases, however, they bore them on their heads, as in India.

The bath-house is situated just above a little brook, and the bath is formed by a stream which rushes down the hill behind.

In the afternoon we drove to see the ruins of Singoriti, two miles distant from Batoe. They are situated a short way from the village of the same name, in a hollow under the Banyha range. The most striking object is a large square, slightly elevated, in the centre of which, on a floor of hewn trachyte, is an altar ornamented with figures, many of which are now completely decayed, and others fast crumbling away. We observed on the altar the remains of a small pillar or obelisk, with the figure of a woman, in a long dress, and a kind of ruff round her neck, reminding me of those worn in Elizabeth's reign.

On one side of this altar was a square tank, with two bubbling springs of hot water incessantly