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house. The little chamber designed by the Shunamite for Elisha, 

 where he retired at his pleasure, without breaking in upon the pri- 

 vate affairs of the family, and without being interrupted in his own 

 devotions, may be conjectured to be one of these separate build- 

 ings ; as may also the summer parlour of Eglon, where he was 

 slain by Ehud." 



Zulam-Bhaug, the " Garden of Oppression," formerly noticed, 

 called by the nabob, Alla-Bhaug, Paradise, or literally the " Gar- 

 den of God," still continued to be his favourite retreat. The 

 damages sustained by the storm had been all repaired, and its 

 beauties heightened by every means which his wealth, power, and 

 influence, could accomplish. Although the pavilions and other 

 buildings were less magnificent than those at Mahmud-a-Bhauo\ 

 and some other of the nabob's palaces, the grounds were more art- 

 less and beautiful than the generality of the Indian gardens ; and 

 profuselj'' adorned with trees, shrubs, and flowers; not only of 

 those indigenous to Hindostan, but with every variety procurable 

 from China, Persia, and Europe. The apple and the peach, flou- 

 rishing with the Chinese roses and oranges, interspersed amono- 

 mangos, plantains, and tamarinds, reminded me of the interesting 

 associations at the Cape of Good Hope ; and more than any thino- 

 I had seen in India realized Mason's beautiful description of an 

 oriental garden. 



" Amid ambrosial tufts, where spicy plants 

 •' Weeping their perfum'd tears of myrrh, and nard, 

 -' Stood crown'd with Charon's rose , or where, apart, 



" The patriarch palm his load of sugar'd dates > 



'-' Shower'd plenteous : where the fig, of standard strength, 



