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extraordinary dissipation and extravagance of Khan Khannah 

 as to have become proverbial. He was originally a slave named 

 Phaheem, Khan Khannah being his honorary title, which gave 

 occasion to this proverb, peculiarly expressive in the Persian 

 language; " what Khan Khannah amasses, Phaheem squanders." 

 The stories related of his boundless profusion are not less nume- 

 rous than wonderful. 



Within the compass of half a mile are several other large 

 structures, sacred to the memory of Mogul ameers or nobles, 

 and peers, or holy men, some of elegant proportion. That which 

 most attracted our attention was a mausoleum, beautiful in ap- 

 pearance, and delightful in situation, at three miles distance, con- 

 taining the remains of Munsure Ally Khan, grandfather of Asuph 

 ul Dowlah ; this is executed with great taste. On my return I 

 missed the Delhi-gate, and wandered among the ruins, until I 

 arrived at a portal into the city, on that side which is washed by 

 the Jumna, which gave me an opportunity of seeing much the 

 prettiest part of this ancient capital. On this face are a number 

 of beauiful palaces and pavilions, situated in the midst of verdant 

 groves; their gilded domes, and varied style of architecture, re- 

 flected in the clear stream gliding gently below the walls, fully 

 compensated for my lengthened journey. The Jumna at Delhi 

 is so extremely narrow, and the stream of so little depth, that I 

 saw the washermen cross it in many places not higher than their 

 middle. The opposite country is so extremely low, that in the 

 rainy season it must be entirely under water. 



The next evening (15th of June) we set off on our return to 



