the numerous divisions of the excavations of Ellora, there is
an upper story of the _Dasavatara_, or the temple of Vishnu's
incarnations, the roof of which is supported by sixty-four square
based pillars, eight in each row. This chamber is about 100 feet wide,
and somewhat deeper, and as to general design may be compared with the
excavated chambers of Egypt, which are supported by square columns.
The massy materials, the dark chambers, and the walls covered with
highly wrought sculptures; and the tanks near the temples, with their
enclosure of stone, and the steps for the pilgrims, are also equally
characteristic of a pagoda and an Egyptian temple. To this we may
add the high thick wall, of a rectangular form, carried all round the
sacred spot: it is, however, principally the massy structure of
these surrounding walls which forms the point of comparison, as Greek
temples also had a wall enclosing the sacred ground, and the temples
and churches of all countries are as a general rule separated from
unhallowed ground, if not by strong walls at least by some mark which
determines the extent of the sacred precincts. Yet there is a further
resemblance worth noticing between some of these Hindoo pagodas and
the great temple of Phtha at Memphis. The Egyptian temple had four
chief entrances, or propyla, turned to the four cardinal points of the
compass; which is also the case with the pagoda of Chalembaram,
with another at Siringam, and probably others also. The pagoda of
Chalembaram, according to Indian tradition, is one of the oldest in
their country, and this opinion is confirmed by the appearance of the
principal temple contained within the walls; but other parts, such as
the pyramidal entrances, the highly finished sculptures, and the chain
festoons, must be the work of a later date. It seems probable then
that this enormous religious edifice was the growth of many ages,
each adding something to enlarge and perfect the work of former
days.--_Lib. Ent. Knowledge._

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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is
efficiently destroyed, though the appetite of the brute may
survive.--_Lord Chesterfield._
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THE GATHERER

_A true Abernethian._--"An old country curate," says Zimmerman, "who
had all his life resided upon a lofty mountain in the Canton of Berne,
was one day presented with a moor-cock. A consultation to