Show the great bronze god the tree bordered gray stone walk which brings you to was skillfully contrived so that without any previous glimpses a sudden step brought us full into the presence of his bronze majesty in the very spot where he has rested immobile for over six hundred year lie loomed up right before us a co loesel figure of buddha represented sitting in oriental fashion en a tre granite platform ilia great handi were lying palm upon his enormous lap and the sitting posture and the inadequately low pedestal made the figure lofek sa disproportionately broad that it was at first difficult to realize its height but a glance at the surrounding trees and buildings over which t towers and the feeling of being minute which crept over us soon brought us to a sense of its size it beads a strong likeness to all other images of buddha but its proportions render it unusually impressive for while the non american rop d can rb Q I ha loy idala 01 the mantle piece a god forty four feet high and eighty seven in circumference with an eight and a half foot facea inn ty four bool kne and a thumb three and a half feet in circumference cum ference is not to be sneed d nl huge earr ad a close heiing beadlike bead like head dress give it rather an egyptian air there is a legend that the god was ordered by a pious empress of japan who commanded contributions of copper coin from all the faithful and receded enough to into this immense image we were struck at once by the discolored appearance of tho bronze which la gray mottled and baiten from the suns and storms of six centuries and then by the wonderful of the fig lire which Is the embodiment of mil betic repose it i more natural aft look to the texture than to the meaning of apy oriental work of art and ther intelligent expression of an adea was always a sup riso an fatur lordly way we expected akl ratter than ideas from them but acquaintance with them very sawn changed that misconception like all images of buddha study it is valuable as the almost perfect expression of a divina repose there is nymn dull in its yet athi ng liko behind ia serenity no riddles d unravel or to vox you t w simply ohp perfection obby a calro it is tho perfect development and ii tion of all the faculties the conse quant of desire or in reit who study and love it fancy hat the spell its quiet serenity descends ds upon them and alln oni of the lotu with a sense of perfect pence ajr merry each and all mst A little touched by the fiand old god we had mutually feelings of and admiration for him aind unanimously that lie should adorn our parlors were ha only a fow degrees maller we M cro then ty a amill defir the amago is utterly hoi low into its vry fitted up in a rude way as a temple A break neck climb mi a took w a tho small win ilow which made darkness visible whence wo could look antho coin par alively lilliputian grove which aja hetch q poto ii rt aai makes a atio rt wasted background lo 10 tha sixty oda feet of Du aubut but pt VW jn tlc alc interi cw in that this groag could be the work of the puny japa nese II 11 wo cat we frere told in sections and the part EO joined as to appear one castina fh alro of which t u tnie n quality containing gold gold was once ibeal in batai and a labb they gold for allver for weight with the Dutch Minnie A my CaiAr nw |