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attend strangers on their arrival in the city. The poorest traveller 

 is immediately furnished with a bed, some wheat bread, and cool 

 water, for the humble pittance of two pice, or one penny. This 

 in some measure proves the truth of Thomas Coriat's assertion, 

 in a letter to his mother, that during his travels through Hindostan, 

 he could live for two-pence a day. 



The most perfect building is an elegant mosque, erected by 

 Ahmed Khan, who held a distinguished post under the emperor 

 Aurungzebe. The gate leading to it from the bazar is very grand, 

 and two lofty minarets, seen at a considerable distance from the 

 tOAvn, have a striking effect. Near the south-gate are the remains 

 of a magnificent bowree, or large well, built by the same person; 

 from which pipes extended, in different directions, to the several 

 houses in the city which he meant to supply with water, a fre- 

 quent mark of the benevolence of the wealthy in Hindostan, 

 where all great works spring from the munificence of the prince 

 or of rich individuals. 



One of the most magnificent structures without the walls, is 

 the Roza shrine, or mausoleum of Huzzret Shah Mahomed Gose 

 a celebrated peer, or Mahomedan saint. It stands within a large 

 enclosure, consecrated by Akber as a repository for the remains of 

 himself and family; time and religious influence have rendered it 

 the sepulchre of many hundreds besides. The mausoleum itself 

 contains the bodies of three of Akber's sons, and the tutor of the 

 eldest prince. Shah Abdalla, the emperors eldest son, raised this 

 edifice, by the order and at the expense of his father. The royal 

 remains are deposited under a handsome tomb of white marble, 

 exquisitely wrought, covered by a silken pall, decorated with 



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