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the stream, with its curved roof and small side 

 domes, is seen to be disfigured by an ugly verandah 

 of corrugated iron. 



Only a few big cypresses remain of the original 

 avenues that led up to the garden-house. But 

 close by the water, roses, jasmine, and palms 

 still flourish, framing with their bright colours 

 and green luxuriance, deepened in their soft 

 reflections, a typical and charming picture. 



Behind the cypress trees, stone edgings show 

 where long parterres of flowers once made a 

 blaze of colour, while large chabutras shaded by 

 mango trees form the centre of the design on 

 each side. 



Flanking the white baradari, fragments of 

 a wall remain, through which doors open on to 

 the second terrace. This was the purdah garden 

 for the ladies, and must have been shut out by 

 high walls from the more public garden of the 

 main entrance; where once for a short time 

 Fadai Khan held his Court, and all the local 

 business of the district was transacted. This 

 second terrace is a hundred yards wide, and 

 of the same length as the upper one, about 

 one hundred and sixty yards. The water 

 running beneath the white pavilion falls over a 



