July 18.—Found ourselves, according to sailing directions, at anchor this morning, or in other words, tied to an upright stick, at Wentipore, on the left bank of the river, where there were some old ruins to be seen.
The architecture we found very similar to the Pandau temple. One column, however, was left standing, which was more perfect than any we had seen before.
The ruins consisted of a large quadrangle, with cloisters all round, and the remains of a temple in the centre; both these were completely decayed, but the enormous stones piled together in grand confusion showed that the buildings had been of considerable extent.[10] The corner stones here alone pointed out the position of the cloisters, which at Pandau had been in very fair preservation.
About fifty yards from the entrance there were three columns of different form, sunk in the ground, their capitals just reaching a little below the surface, and connected by trefoil arches, all in pretty good preservation.
A few hundred yards down the river we found another large ruin, but in a more dilapidated state than either of the others. In both, the [[121]]designs carved in the huge stones were something similar in pattern—viz. a female figure, with what appeared to be a long strip of drapery passing round either arm and descending to the ancles. It was impossible to decipher the exact device, but the breast and [[122]]head, in most instances, were plainly distinguishable.
About three kos from Sirinugger, we stopped at another very extensive site of Cyclopeian ruins, at a place called Pandreton. Here we found the most perfect building of any we had met; and for a considerable distance around were traces of what must have been, in ages past, a city of some extent.
W.H.K. Delt. Hanhart, Lith.
Pandreton.