"All around the edges of the tank can be seen ancient and new temples, which the Hindus call dewhra. Rana Shankar, the uncle of the damn Rana and a great amir in our state, built one of them so elaborately that it is said he spent a lac of rupees on it. I went to see it. There I saw something made of carved black stone. From the neck up it had the shape of a pig's head, [lOOa] while the rest resembled a man's body. It is the Hindus' vain belief that once upon a time for some reason known only to the Omniscient, He appeared in this form. They therefore revere and worship this form. I ordered the hideous thing smashed and thrown into the tank."