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^Yinors attached, the use of which my informant was not aware of. The second bears a shield, supposed to be invulnerable, as well as pos- sessincT the property of concealing anyone from view.

This figure stands on the back of a bull, called Sapigumaran, the tail of which the goddess holds with one of her right hands, while with the corre- sponding one, on the other side, she clutches the curly locks of Mahesasura, the imp, or personifica- tion of vice, as though determined to holil him fast, spite of his devilries.

Ilenco we ascended another fliglit of ste])s, and proceeding in a circular direction, entered a second fane, in which we recognized our old friend Siewah, tiic ElepliantiiH' deity to whom we were introduced

at Singosiiri. Mounting a few more spiral steps,

we came to another of these small ehaml)(.'rs, at the

end of which was the figure of a man, the bright

vellow colouriniT of which was evidentlv of recent

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