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dates, and it is supposed that the Mogul pint-master had souk* 

 clever European in his service, from sonic of the figures be- 

 ing executed in a masterly manner, in the European style. The 

 dies are unequal, and some of the impressions are very dif- 

 ferent . 



Our encampment without the walls of Brodera was so plea- 

 sant, that we seldom entered the city; which, like most other In- 

 dian towns, was hot, dusty, and disagreeable, affording no attrac- 

 tions to vie with the natural beauties of the country. No groves 

 are more shady, no plains more delightful, no lotos-covered lakes 

 more brilliant, than in the Brodera purgunna. For here they 

 have the addition of that lovely species of the menianthes some- 

 times seen on the margin of the lakes on Salsette; it is one of the 

 most elegant aquatic plants in Uindostan, smaller than the lotos, 

 with beautiful fringed petals of the purest while, floating on the 

 surface of the water, surrounded by a dark foliage. When not 

 too cold lo sit under summeanas without our tents, the moon- 

 light evenings afforded a tranquil pleasure, more easily conceived 

 than described. The air was perfumed from the mogrees and 

 champachs near the Mahomedan mausoleums, whose while domes 

 gave a melancholy interest to the surrounding groves; which 

 after the monkeys, peacocks, and squirrels had retired lo rest, 

 were still enlivened by the prolonged notes of the bulbul, con- 

 tinued sometimes an hour after sun-set; this favourite songster 

 was succeeded by the pepeeheh, which frequently serenaded the 

 midnight hour. The pepeeheh is said, by Abnl Fazel, to sing- 

 most enchantingly during the night, at the commencement of the 



