Remains of paintings are found on the walls, ceiling, and pillars, the colours of which are brighter and fresher than those of many modern works of art.

The second class of temples have an oval form, and have majestic lofty portals leading immediately into the interior; they are called chaitya.  The largest of these temples has on each side a colonnade of nineteen pillars—­the smallest, one of eight; in these there are no verandahs, no priest’s cells, and no sanctuaries.  Instead of the latter, a high monument stands at the extremity of the temple.  Upon one of these monuments an upright figure of the deity Buddha is sculptured in a standing position.  On the walls of the larger temple gigantic figures are hewn out of the solid rock, and under these a sleeping Buddha, twenty-one feet in length.

After I had wandered about here for some hours, and had seen enough of each of the temples, I was led back to one of them, and saw there a small table well covered with eatables and drinkables, inviting me to a welcome meal.  Captain Gill had been so kind as to send after me a choice tiffen, together with table and chairs, into this wilderness.  Thus refreshed and invigorated, I did not find the return fatiguing.  The house in which Captain Gill lives at Adjunta is very remarkably situated:  a pleasant little garden, with flowers and shrubs, surrounds the front, which commands a view of a fine plain, while the back stands upon the edge of a most fearful precipice, over which the dizzy glance loses itself among steep crags and terrible gorges and chasms.

As Captain Gill had learnt that I wished to visit the famous fortress of Dowlutabad, he told me that no one was admitted without the permission of the commander of Auranjabad; but, to spare my going out of my way (as the fortress lies on this side of Auranjabad), he offered to send a courier there immediately, and order him to bring the card of admission to me at Elora.  The courier had to travel altogether a distance of 140 miles—­70 there and as many back.  I looked upon all these attentions as the more obliging, as they were shown to me—­a German woman, without distinction or attractions—­by English people.

4th March.  At 4 o’clock in the morning, the good captain joined me at the breakfast table; half an hour later, I was seated in my waggon and travelling towards the village of Bongeloda, which I reached the same day.

5th March.  Roja is one of the most ancient towns of India.  It has a gloomy aspect; the houses are one story high, and built of large square stones, blackened by age; the doors and windows are few in number and irregularly situated.

Outside the town lay a handsome bungalow with two rooms; but, as I was informed that it was occupied by Europeans, I decided upon not going there, and took up my quarters for the night under the eaves of a house.

The country between this and Adjunta is a flat plain; the parched heaths and poor jungles are interspersed with beautiful plantations.  The land near Pulmary was especially well cultivated.