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the celebrated " Tag" at Agra, is through handsome gates of 

 embossed brass, by a long avenue, having a fine piece of 

 water, and thirteen fountains in the centre. At the end of 

 this avenue, on a spacious terrace, stands the edifice, which 

 is eighty feet square. From the foundation to a height of up- 

 wards of six feet, it is composed entirely of pure white marble. 

 The windows, three in number, are of the most exquisite 

 trellis work, so fine and minute, indeed, that it must have 

 required infinite skill not to have damaged the material, 

 which must inevitably have suffered from the least flaw of 

 the chisel or inattention of the workman. Above the height 

 mentioned the superstructure is of stone, stuccoed, but the 

 large dome surmounting the whole is of marble. 



The tomb is placed in the centre, and you descend to it 

 by steps. It is enclosed by a light and elega.nt screen of 

 trellis work, of an octagon figure. Nothing can be more 

 elaborately exquisite than the carving and chiselling, which 

 must have been executed from a solid block of marble. The 

 floor within the screen is raised two inches above the outer 

 aisle, and the tomb itself stands on a terrace ten inches 

 higher than the floor. The whole of this spacious vault is 

 composed of white marble, and, from being quite open at the 

 top, resembles a bath. 



A little above the level of the tomb, and a few feet dis- 

 tant, is an open gallery, that embraces the whole extent of 

 the building, which is entirely composed of marble. 



Over the tomb of Habea Dooraney was thrown a covering 

 of scarlet velvet, with a deep rich gold fringe, held down by 

 marble knobs. 



The paved terrace that surrounds the building is of con- 

 siderable extent. At each corner is erected a tower or 

 minaret, seventy-two feet high, and ascended by a spiral 

 staircase, of one hundred and twenty-two steps, and at the 

 summit is a balcony thirty feet in circumference. The 



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