FAIRY PALACE. 113

to her admiration, when a new object
caught her eye; and grasping the arm
of her brother, every faculty seemed
enchained by fear and apprehension.
This was a preserved eagle with ex-
tended wings, which was sitting on the
dome of a shrine, in which was seated
an image of the famous Hindé god,
the four-faced Brahma.

From the hall they were conducted
by Rosa’s attendant fairy, through
folding doors, gilt and empannelled,
to correspond with the walls, to an
elegant saloon, where the same brilliant
effect of precious stones was produced
by two magnificent lustres, suspended
like that in the hall by gilt chains, and
depending from a ceiling, richly carved,
and ornamented with the representation

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