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* complexion and not handsome. The for- 

 " mer was so absurdly loaded with jewels, 

 ff that he could scarcely stagger under the 

 " precious weight. 



<( From the shumecana the company in- 

 ff vited to this festivity proceeded on ele- 

 " phants, to an extensive and beautiful gar- 

 " den about a mile distant. The procession 

 " was grand beyond conception ; it consisted 

 tf of about twelve hundred elephants richly 

 " caparisoned,, drawn up in a regular line like 

 t{ a regiment of soldiers. About one hundred 

 " elephants in the centre had houdas, or cas- 

 tc ties covered with silver: in the midst of 

 tc these appeared the nabob,, mounted on 

 fc an uncommonly large elephant, within a 

 (C houda covered with gold, richly set with 

 Cf precious stones. On his right hand was 

 " the British Resident at the court of Luck- 

 " now, on his left the young bridegroom : the 

 " English gentlemen and ladies and the na- 

 " live nobility were intermixed on the right 

 " and left. On both sides of the road from 

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