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rains encroach on it every year more and more, and in 

 places have already undermined the walls. There is a 

 fine entrance gate still intact, and near it lies a rusty 

 cannon some twenty feet long. Inside are the remains of 

 a picturesque palace, and several old houses with beauti- 

 fully carved facades. They arc now tenantless, and 



ANCIENT FORT, DHOLIT1:. 



deserted by all save the peacocks, who strut up and 

 down, arrogant masters of the place. 



January Gth, 1893.— We left Dholpur this morning 

 for Ao-ra. It is a iourney of only thirty-five miles, but 

 the mail train takes over two hours to accomplish it. In 

 the afternoon we visited the Agra jail. It is not enough 

 to say that like all Indian prisons this is a model one. 



