198 YIZIER ALLY'S WEDDING. 



ff pees, or about fifty thousand pounds ster- 

 " ling. They were each one hundred and 

 " twenty feet long,, sixty broad, and the poles 

 (f about sixty feet high ; the walls of the tents 

 (( were ten feet high, partly cut into lattice- 

 " work for the women of the nabob's seraglio, 

 fc and those of the principal nobility to see 

 ff through. His Highness was covered with 

 Cf jewels to the amount of at least two millions 

 (f sterling. 



' ( The shumeeana was illuminated by two 

 " hundred elegant girandoles from Europe, as 

 t( many glass shades with wax candles, and 

 "several hundred flambeaux; the glare and 

 " reflection were dazzling to the sight. Un- 

 ec der this extensive canopy, above a hundred 

 " dancing-girls, richly dressed, went through 

 " their elegant but rather lascivious dances 

 f{ and motions, and sung some soft airs of the 

 " country, chiefly Persic and Hindoo-Persic. 



" The bridegroom was about thirteen 

 " years of age, the bride ten; both of a dark 



