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villas were entirely neglected. The principal building at Dil- 

 Gusha consists of two octagon halls, on the northern terrace of an 

 upper garden; from thence a flight of steps leads to the lower gar- 

 den near a lake, containing the zenana and private apartments, 

 where no strangers intruded ; at the south end of ihe upper garden 

 is another pavilion with a flat roof, commanding an extensive view 

 over the gulph of Cambay, on which the nabob generally enter- 

 tained his evening visitors. 



The size of these gardens does not admit much variety in the 

 walks and shrubberies; choice trees and shrubs border a narrow 

 canal between the pavilions, adorned with a number of small foun- 

 tains; the centre of the canal expands round an octagon marble 

 temple of a singular construction ; each perforated column con- 

 tains a leaden pipe, which conveys water to the roof of the temple, 

 whore from eight fountains round the dome it falls over the project- 

 ing architrave on screens of sweet-scented khusa-grass, and gently 

 trickli l" 1 through the matted verdure renders the internal atmo- 

 sphere delightful. Imagination can hardly form a more luxurious 

 regale in the torrid zone than to repose in a temple of fountains, 

 lulled by the notes of bulbuls in the surrounding groves. 



This retreat affords a charming alleviation to the heat of a tro- 

 pical day. The evening, as already mentioned, has its peculiar 

 delights. The rays of Cynthia give a softened beauty to the gar- 

 dens; the shrubs and flowers emit a double perfume, and the lordly 

 champach fillsUhe air with fragrance. Then, or rather at early 

 dawn, is realized the address of the damsel in a vernal morning to 

 the love-sick Rhada, elegantly translated by Sir William Jones: 



