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different parts according as they may require it. The 

 simplest way of effecting this is to divide the garden 

 by means of raised earthen paths, crossing each other 

 at right angles, into a series of square or oblong beds. 

 The water is drawn up from the well by bullocks, and 

 flows, as it is wanted, from one bed to another through 

 earthenware pipes, which cross under the paths at their 

 base. 



This method of laying out a garden is extremely 

 convenient; indeed, it is necessary; but at the same 

 time it is to a European taste not at all picturesque. 

 It imparts to the garden an unpleasant aspect of stiff- 

 ness and monotony. Each bed and path is very much 

 the reflection of all the others. In the case of my 

 present garden, the monotony and formality are a 

 good deal relieved by the succession of terraces and 

 the view of the river beyond. The garden has been 

 so long neglected that the beds are almost entirely 

 destitute of flowers, or, indeed, of any vegetation. This 

 bareness of the beds causes the straight lines of the 

 raised paths to stand out with unpleasant distinctness. 

 To some extent they suggest the idea of geometrical 

 diagrams. 



Although the garden has few or no flowers, properly 

 so called, it has, scattered about it, several flowering 

 shrubs, and, better still, a really beautiful line of a 

 flowering tree termed by the natives the "babool." 

 This line of babool trees extends the entire length of 

 one side of the compound. Before it is a very broad 

 raised earthen path, and it is this path which leads to 

 the terrace overlooking the river of which I have 



