164 VIZIER'S CHARACTER. 



which were two of the largest size that could be 

 made in Great Britain, and which he had lately 

 received. The Colonel seeing them, immediately 

 wrote to France, where plate glass is cast of 

 larger dimensions than in England, and pro- 

 cured two of the largest size, which he sold to 

 the Vizier at a very extraordinary high price. 



He had an immense room filled with all sorts 

 of curiosities, forming such a ridiculous museum, 

 as perhaps could not be met with elsewhere in 

 the world. Toys of all descriptions, Chinese, 

 Dutch, and English, huddled together with some 

 of the finest pieces of mechanism ever made by 

 man. 



Some of the finest paintings by the first Italian 

 masters, hanging promiscuously with profane 

 Chinese daubs. His own picture painted by na- 

 tives, by Zophani, Renaldi, and others, might 

 be seen in different dresses every few paces. 



When I was at Lucknow, he was most de- 

 lighted with two pieces of mechanism two boys ; 

 one beating a drum, and the other playing a tune 

 on a fife. At that time, he had a great rage for 

 Manton's double barrel guns, and application was 



