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and fifty yards in length, and built on the usual 

 plan with two great gateways in the side walls 

 and one at the far end. The latter was smaller, 

 and intended more to complete the design than 

 for any use it served. 



On the second terrace in the middle of the 

 garden was a large tank in which was built a 

 little water palace with a causeway leading up 

 to it from the south bank, the building set 

 slightly to one side of the centre, to leave an 

 uninterrupted view down the main canal from 

 the upper garden. Round the water pavilion 

 fountains played, and on each side a water- 

 course, now dry and filled with a tangled growth 

 of cypress trees and roses, showed where in former 

 days canals had led up to the gateways on either 

 side. 



The garden lay wild and neglected. Tall 

 grasses waved down the long side-walks, all but 

 hiding the raised chabutras at the crossing of 

 the ways. Thickets of fruit trees filled the 

 squares, large-leaved plantations overshadowed 

 the walks, while here and there a stray rose-bush 

 or cypress tree was to be seen. Alas ! the old 

 cypress avenues had gone. Still, there was no 

 trace here of the gardener from Saharanpur and 



