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Fuitehpoor is enclofed with a iiigh ilone wall, of 

 great extent, built by the Emperor Akbek. The 

 Ipace within docs not appear to have ever been nearly- 

 filled with buildings, and the part now inhabited is but 

 an in confiderable village. This fpace is divided by 

 a hilly ridge, oi confiderable elevation, which nms near- 

 ly from S W by W to NE by E, and extends beyond 

 the enclofure, four or five miles on each fide. Thefe 

 hills are compofed of a greyifli (lone, and have fup- 

 plied the materials of which the city wall is built. 



Near the center of the enclofure, on the mod ele- 

 vated part of the rock, is built the tomb of Shah Se- 

 LiM Cheestee; by the efficacy of whofe devotion, 

 the Emprefs of Akber, after remaining for feveral 

 years barren, became pregnant; andboreafon; who, 

 in honour of the faint, was named Selim; and, on 

 mounting the throne of Hlndnfian, afTumed the title of 

 Jehangeer. The approach to this maufoleum irre- 

 iiftibly imprefles the mind of a fpe61:ator with the fen^ 

 fations of fublimity. The gate a noble gothic arch, 

 in a rectangular fcreen of majeftic elevation, ftands on 

 the brow of the hill towards the fouth. To this you 

 afcend, by a flight of fteps,the uppermoft of which, be- 

 ing equal in length to the breadth of the fcreen, every 

 one, in defcending, is encreafed, by the breadth of a 

 Itep. Thus the whole forms half the fruftum of a py- 

 ramid, the magnitude and hmplicity of which, com- 

 pared v/ith the rugged furface of the rock, improves the 

 grandeur of the profpefSt. From the top of this gate, 

 the view of the furrounding country is extenlive, and 

 highly diverlified. The maufoleum at Agray at the 

 diltance of twenty-three miles, is diftin(5lly fecn. 



By this gate, you enter iuto a fquare court, of 440 

 feet, within the walls. All around is a wide verandah, 

 containing ranges of cells, tor the accommodation of 

 Purveiflies. In the center, is a fquare building, of 

 white marble, the fides of which are beautifully cut into 

 lattice -work. The fide of this, meafured within, is 



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