Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-26

IKE au elegaUt PARK, Oelore you, luIiy seventy
mics The sight is one which enchants the
beholler. The visitors here are chiefly from
Baltimore and our own State, and there is very
little shOddy FIDELIs.
COLOSSAL STATUES "A writer 10 Frazier's
Magazine says
Some miles from Collians lies al ancient seat
Of Jaina dominion, karkul, st presen. 8 consid-
erabie town, with thronged bazaar streets and
few followers OF the vanquisbe1 religion still
reside near the monuments of their departed
greatness. Upon the outskirts of the town rises
rocky hill Of generally rounded form, like y
basin reversed, approaching 80 feet in height,
its base rough and bushy, the upper slopes
smooth and steep. Looking up at the hill from
distance, the enchanted castles of fairy tales
come back to mind, for on the top is seen cas-
tle.like wall pierced with wide arched entrance
and a dark gigantic form towering over it waist
high. This Is one Of the three colossal statues
That are found IN this part Of the county-statue.
truly Egyptlan in size, and unrival!ed through.
out India in detached works. On the Hill toD
crenell@ted quadraDgulsr wall incloses 8 stone
platform five feet high, on which rises the STU
pendous image, lorty five fee! in height Nude,
cut from single mass Of granite, darkened by
the monsoons Of centuries, the vast statue stands
upright, with arms hanging straight, but not
awkwsrdly, down the sides, in u posture of
soi!e"itat Sill DuL simple Q'SllLy. Inc form
and linealnents are evidently the sane with
those which, from Ceylon to China and utmost
La tary, have handed down with unvarying
tradition the habi. as he lived Of that most won
drUus of mortais that ever wore flesh, Buddhs
Gaut ma for sssuredly no other mere man ever
spread SO widely, and maintained so long, y su-
prene influence over so many successive mil
hons OF souls Remarkable it is, too, that though
born in lndia the features show nothing d.stinc-
lively Hindu. The hair grows in close crisp curs;
the brosd hesny cheek might make the face seem
heavy, were it not for the marked and digni6ed
expression conferred by the calm forward gszing
eyes, and ecquillne nose, somewhat pointed at
the tip. The forehead s of average size, the lips
very full and thick, the upper one long almost
to uglness, throwing the cnn though full and
prominent, into the shade. The arms, which
touch the body at the hips, are remarkably long,
the large, well formed hands and fingers reach
Ing to the knees, the e1erge ,cies OF the posture
and msterial have caused the shoulders where
the arms join to be rather Extraordinarily
broad ana massive. The feet, each four teet
nine inches long, rest on q stance wrought from
the same rock, that seems small for he Immense
SIZE and weight eighty tons) of the statue;
lotus stem sprlnglng 1T each loot is carried up in
low relief twice round each leg and arm
brief inscription at the side below tells that the
image was erected by King Vrapandya in 1882
to Bshubalin, son OF Vrishaba, the First firth
ankara of giant race, himself giant, and,
therefore, so represented, but still in shape of
the founder of that faith whence the Jania here.
sy dlverged. A low cloister runs around the
latter side Of the inclosing wall, and massive
stone rail Of three horiz bars surrounds the
platform. once in sixty years the scattered
jams gather from all quarters, and battle the
colossus with cocoanut milk.
From the hill top outside the wall lovely
prospect stretches round. 1t is October, after
the rams, and long flights of clouds sweep over
the brill liant sky, shedding broken lights over
the landscape, the area under foot is covered
with close growing, delicate light green grass
me rs ostrich feathers, ripping at every breath
and at the bottom of the hail lies most pictur-
etque lakelet, It's outline broken int. FIVE minis
ture bays, separated by narrow headlands, and la
tiny isle lies in the midst, tufted with tall trees
on which sit focks of wild egrets. Fantastic
rocks and long, ast-topped hills extend beyond,
the latter varied by frequent clefts and gaps
their slopes and terraces mantled with bright
green tnts, and some dozen miles away the
prospect is closed by the vast mountain wall of
the Ghautz, shaggy with forest and ravre and
lifting verdant domcs and crests high into the
sunny air. Toward this, on CHANGING backward
the great statue, rising head and shoulders above
the wall, appears, directing its fixed eternal
gaze. In the Mysore country, above the Ghauts
there is another and the greatest of these colos-
81, hity-six feet in height, which the Duke of
Wellington is said to have rid len fifty miles to
see; and third, the smalles. by three or four
Ieet, is situated some forty miles eastward OF
karkul not on hill, but on rocky platform
6y river, surrounded by jungle that conceals
the platform. Hence, on approaching from
distance the gigantic figure has the appear ance
OF standing full height above the trees awaken
ing strange recollections Of Lastrygons, or the
genli Of Arabian tales. The countenance of tuis
colossus has the peculiarly of being dimpled
VII deep, grave smile.
The sculptor of this and the other colossal
images is reputed TO have been Jackanschari,
VINO cut them with single hand one being
lame, doubtless a craftsman Of marvellous skilI
about whom, like Wagand Smith, mythical
stories have gathered, most of the surprising
works OF old being now popularity attributed to
him.
Town AND COUNTRY. The Richmond
Wing cleverly ridicules the foolish prejudice
between town and country which is sought to
be fostered by certain demagogues, inside and
out of the Legislature. It says:
Country against town and town against
country, is the Cry We often hear from dena
gogues in the Legislature Are country and
town at loggerheads really? Do country peo.
pie, dislike town people. and do town people
dislike country people? No. 1t is all non.
sense. Where did the town people come from,
but from the country. Originally all was COUP
try. Tod made the country and man made
the town, but the man came from the coun.
try who made the town." The cities and towns
are the children of the country. Every wear
thousands of people, mostly young men, move
from the country to settle 10 the cities and
towns to become CLERKS 10 stores, TO learn
trades, to study for the Professions to engage