TIUNI GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The rock and soil did not vary from that which we had observed yesterday. In several places where the white and blue veined limestone rock jutted out into the river, it exhibited a remarkable and beautiful appearance. The action of the water, and the stones it rolls along with it, have cut it into a multitude of grotesque and beautiful shapes, which, together with the lamina and veins of the rock, produce a collection of forms not unlike the fretwork of Gothic architecture; and it is wonderful to see the smoothness, approaching almost to a polish, which these stones have attained. One of the most singular specimens of this effect is seen in the rock to which the jhoola bridge is attached, which is much exposed to the violence of the water, and bears marks of having felt it at a great height, above the point it can now possibly rise to. Our encampment was just on the left bank of the united rivers, now recognized as the Touse [Tons River], above the jhoola, nine miles from our camp of esterday, and two [about 3 km] from the junction of the Touse and Pabur [Pabar, Pabbar River] (FRASER, J B 1820: 389-390).