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or the Garden of the Morning Breeze, the Nishat- 

 bagh, the Garden of Pleasure, the Isle of Chunars, 

 called by the natives Chandee-ke-Lunka, or Silver 

 Island, the Soona-ke-Lunka, or the Golden Island, 

 the Peri Mahal, or the Hall of Peris, the Tukht-i- 

 Suliman, or Solomon's Throne, besides inspecting 

 the Maharajah's palace and the Hurree-piirwar 

 fort, which latter is in a very dilapidated condi- 

 tion. Sometimes "\ve enjoyed our otium cum dig- 

 wzYa^e whilst gliding along the River Jhelum, which 

 traverses the city, and is crossed by seven quaint 

 bridges built of immense logs of deodar. The 

 high picturesque wooden structures that line the 

 banks on each side much resemble certain parts of 

 old Stamboul. Here and there we found traces of 

 the ancient city that was destroyed by the Moslem 

 conquerors, and scattered about we saw broken 

 columns, blocks of sculptured marble, and frag- 

 ments of inscriptions that were evidently of great 

 antiquity. 



Our days were devoted to exploring and sight- 

 seeing, and our evenings were generally spent in 

 social intercourse, for there were many visitors 



