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In the arches of the treble windows of this floor, fifteen in number, are 

 coloured fan-lights. 



26. In the west wing is a steam-bath, complete in all respects, exe- 

 cuted subsequently to the erection of the building, as we were in- 

 formed by Colonel M'Leod, at the particular desire of the Nuwaib 

 Nazim. 



27. All the exterior colonnades and porticoes in the basement and 

 principal floor, as well as the vestibule and staircases of the basement, 

 are paved with stone. 



28. Koah roads, twenty feet wide, have been constructed, and well 

 rolled, in all that portion of the ground about the Palace which has 

 yet been cleared of old buildings : the banks of the river have been 

 sloped off and sodded throughout the whole extent (with the exception 

 to a very small portion, for which it seems earth was not procurable) 

 and stone posts have been inserted along the top, as fastenings for 

 boats. The whole of the ground (cleared) has been smoothed and 

 grassed, and completely drained. 



29. At a short distance, in front of the Palace, is a handsome sun- 

 dial, five feet in diameter, a surplus stone so converted by Lieut. 

 Cunningham ; it rests on a pillar based on stone steps, and forms a 

 useful and appropriate appendage to the premises. 



30. A substantial stone ghat, fifteen feet wide, has been constructed 

 near the Palace for the convenience of the Nuwaib, and at about 800 

 yards to the south of the Palace a large Noubulkahneh gateway has 

 been erected, as an entrance to the grounds in that direction. As it 

 was not immediately in view, there did not appear to be any ob- 

 jection to its being built in a style of architecture adapted to its pur- 

 pose, and the Asiatic or Turkish has been adopted. 



32. In concluding this head of our report, it seems proper to advert 

 to the fact of this edifice, in all its departments, having been con- 

 structed and completed by natives of the country ; the only excep- 

 tions to which remark are in regard to the painting and glazing, which 

 portions of the work were executed by professional Europeans. The 

 expressions of approval which will have been found interspersed with 

 the preceding details, were elicited by particular features of the build- 

 ing under review, inviting a more peculiar attention from their impor- 

 tance, or the effect produced by them on the eye of the observer ; but 

 they are equally applicable to every part of the structure, which whe- 

 ther considered as a work of art to be admired for its exceeding beauty, 

 or as an example of skilful labor applied to the practical combination of 

 excellent materials, reflects the highest credit on the architect and all 





