We Estimated Its Height To
Be Twenty-One Or Twenty-Two Feet, Being In The Form Of A Man Kneeling On
The Ground, And Sitting On His Heels; The Whole Of Wonderful Size, And
Well Proportioned, And Being Dressed In A Gown Cast Along With The
Figure.
Some of our men went into the inside of this idol, and hooped
and hallooed, which made an exceeding great noise.
It is highly
reverenced by all native travellers who pass that way. We found many
characters and marks made upon it by its visitors, which some of my
followers imitated, making their marks in like manner. This temple and
idol stand in the main road of pilgrimage to Tencheday, which is much
frequented for devotion, as both night and day people of all ranks and
conditions are continually going or returning from that place.
Mr Adams told me that he had been at the Fotoqui, or temple dedicated
to Tencheday, to which image they make this devout pilgrimage. According
to his report, one of the fairest virgins of the country is brought
monthly into that Fotoqui, and there sits alone in a room neatly
fitted up, in a sober manner; and, at certain times, this Tencheday,
who is thought to be the devil, appears unto her, and having carnally
known her, leaves with her at his departure certain scales, like unto
the scales of fishes. Whatever questions she is desired by the bonzes,
or priests of the Fotoqui, to ask, Tencheday resolves.
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