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108 JOUTtNAL OF A RESIDENCE
sanction we had ocular demonstration, three
piles of leaden plates gilt with gold-leaf being
shewn us, which had been brought and arranged
where we saw them at night by angels. Our
conductors assured us that the building was
surrounded at night by watchful guards, so that
no human agents could have transported such
weighty materials unobserved: it is, therefore,
justly considered and believed as a miracle of divine
favour. All this I was particularly desired to note
down in my pocket-book which I did on the spot,
and added to it an observation of my own, that a
good deal of melted wax, such as is used by the
Burmhans for candles, had been dropt on the
slabs; T, therefore, suppose the night must have
been dark, and that the angels worked by candle-
light. From the level of this terrace, a conical
spire of solid masonry is intended to be erected,
the weight of which I am afraid will prove too
great for the leaden beams; but it would be a
dangerous piece of impertinence for a stranger
to offer any advice on these sacred matters,
otherwise I could easily secure the safety of
the superstructure, by shewing them how to
turn arches over the hollow chambers. From
the summit of this terrace is commanded a
very extensive and pleasant view of the mcan-
derings of the Erawuddy, the valley it winds
sanction we had ocular demonstration, three
piles of leaden plates gilt with gold-leaf being
shewn us, which had been brought and arranged
where we saw them at night by angels. Our
conductors assured us that the building was
surrounded at night by watchful guards, so that
no human agents could have transported such
weighty materials unobserved: it is, therefore,
justly considered and believed as a miracle of divine
favour. All this I was particularly desired to note
down in my pocket-book which I did on the spot,
and added to it an observation of my own, that a
good deal of melted wax, such as is used by the
Burmhans for candles, had been dropt on the
slabs; T, therefore, suppose the night must have
been dark, and that the angels worked by candle-
light. From the level of this terrace, a conical
spire of solid masonry is intended to be erected,
the weight of which I am afraid will prove too
great for the leaden beams; but it would be a
dangerous piece of impertinence for a stranger
to offer any advice on these sacred matters,
otherwise I could easily secure the safety of
the superstructure, by shewing them how to
turn arches over the hollow chambers. From
the summit of this terrace is commanded a
very extensive and pleasant view of the mcan-
derings of the Erawuddy, the valley it winds