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RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



a large two storied one, is now in ruins, and the garden 

 neglected. In one corner a ryot lives, and cultivates part 

 of the ground ; but the flowers, the roses, jasmine, and 

 gardenias have run wild, and are tangled together and 

 matted in bushes like trees. It might have been the 

 Paradis of the Abbe Mouret. The entrance is through a 

 curious arched gateway with balconied rooms built over it ; 

 on either side are what once must have been guard-houses. 



Over the gate Perron's name in Roman characters is still 

 visible, and the date " 1802." 



There is a public library at Aligarh, but it does not 

 appear to contain much beyond a few thumb-worn Indian 

 newspapers. Two or three Baboos were squabbling over 

 one of slightly later date, much as old gentlemen in a 

 club at home clamour and intrigue for a ".Special Edition" 

 on the eve of an expected dissolution. 



