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ble, having a beautiful border of flower-worked cor- 

 nelians and other precious stones, executed with 

 taste. The floors are paved throughout with marble 

 in large slabs, and there is a fountain in the centre 

 of each, with many pipes : large reservoirs of mar- 

 ble, about four feet deep, are placed in different 

 parts of the walls ; the light is admitted from the 

 roof by windows of party-coloured glasses ; and ca- 

 pacious stones, with iron gratings, are placed under- 

 neath each separate apartment. There is a noble 

 mosque adjoining, entirely of white marble, and 

 made after the fashion described above. In the Shah 

 Baug y or the royal gardens, is a very large octagon 

 room, which looks towards the river Jumna. This, 

 room is called Shah Boorj i or the royal tower ; it is 

 lined with marble; and from the window of it the 

 late heir apparent, Mirza Juwan Bukht, made 

 his escape in the year 1784, when he fled to Lucknozv : 

 he descended by means of a ladder made with tur- 

 bans ; and as the height is inconsiderable, effected it 

 with ease. A great part of this noble palace ha^ 

 suffered very much by the destructive ravages of the 

 jate invaders. The Rohillas in particular, who were 

 introduced by Gkolaum Kauder, have stripped 

 many of the rooms of their marble ornaments and 

 pavements, and have even picked out the stones from 

 the borders of many of the floorings. Adjoining is 

 the fortress ofSelim Ghur, which you reach by a stone 

 bridge, built over an arm of the Jumna. The fort 

 is now entirely in ruins. At the eastern end of 

 it we were shewn the sally-port, from which Golaum 

 Kaudkr Kuan made his escape with all his rc r 



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