Storia do Mogor 61.3

61.3

The principal statue is one with a wound on the finger and a comical expression of face; it is breathing on the wound and writhing its body. The others behold this figure with wonder and amaze [99]. One bites his lips, another puts his finger in his mouth, another holds his head with both hands, another twists his nostrils, another seems to be weeping; the eyes of another are starting from his head with fear; one has his mouth open, another bites his tongue; one has his hands folded, another is in the act of striking the ground with his foot, one has his hand placed over his mouth, and another is holding his beard. These works of art are in an open place. As they are so cleverly done, and their appearance somewhat Chinese, many say that they were executed by the ancient Chinese. Besides these statues, there is in the same place a fallen building which seems to have been a tower. At the foot of it are many stone figures resembling the Chinese.