8^. EASTERN H I N D O O S T A N. 



Laul Baug. The Laul Bang, or the Garden of Rubles, fills the eaftern end 



of the ifland. It was the work of the Sultan, and laid out by 

 himfelf. The tafte was the rtrait-lined rows of vaft cyprefs trees, 

 of molt refrefliing fhade, with parterres filled with fruit trees, 

 flowers, and vegetables of every fpecies. Before the war, the 

 whole fpace between this garden and the fort was covered with 

 hoiifes, all of which, except the Dow/^t Bai/g, were deftroyed by 

 Tippoo, in order to creel batteries to guard againfi the approach- 

 ing attack. 



Mausoleum. O^ cutting down the noble cypreflTes and other trees which 



compofed the Laul Baug, was difcovered the magnificent Mau- 

 [oleum in which the body of Ayder was depofited after its re- 

 moval from Colar. It is undefcribable for want of terms in 

 Moorijb architedure. It ftands on an elevated fpace, and rifes 

 into two ftages, with pointed and fcolloped arches in front of 

 each : the upper is ornamented with rich ftone-work : the 

 fummit crowned with a globe, fhewing three parts of its cir- 

 cumference, as common to moft mofques and facred buildings. 

 The minorets and turrets of elegant but fantaftic forms *. It 

 was built by his own orders, iflTued after the beginning of the 

 Carnatic war ; on one part is a mofl bombaftic infcription in 

 _the eaflern manner. This Maufoleum is in the midft of a fquare, 

 formed of handfome Choultries for the lodging the Faquirs, 

 which, on tne capture of the ifle, were converted into hofpi- 

 tals for the European fick t. 

 Can.-.ls. No part of the Sultan\ garden, nor the fouth part of the 



• Allan's VUws, tab. xix. f Dirom, p. i86. 



ifland, 



