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■ mpiiat. cham a lar|e "iooe, waicfhniy' pbilofbphic -toiiao-'l'f'r 



(iiiiited i;aliinf-«*thuEi3er4>olt,'*.de£iani> : ;/of!eil^d the ^ 1- 



ioe of prme^ipg iheiabficir©s!i3 injury. Tl . the buiiding- 



-mcfuding the baluftrades; which ' are 6 feet high,^and cxclufive of 



the dome is no feet, Thefe baluftrades are relieved on each face hy 



two cupolas Bear the comers, under them is a gallery about 10 feet 



high and 5 broads prefenting to the front of each face a neat arcade 



of 29 arches. At the four corners of the tomb are minarets, well 



adapted 'k? their conftrudi on to the refi of the work. Their height^ 



including that f\f the domes by which they are furmounted, is about 



240 feet. Their ,fhape is o£l agonal, one lide of the o<6lagon refting 



^gainft a proje^lion "ronrs the corner of the building, which contains 



,a narrow circular ilau-^afe, by which you sLfcend to the top. Each 



minaret has eight {lories, feven of thefe are odagooal rooms of 



3 2 feet diameter, v/ith an ^ birched roof: each ndc of the o6iagors 



has an open arch 6 feet ir. ydeptb, and over them are rings for 



Bx'mg perdas. You enter theie fmall rooms from the Hair-cafe 



through one of the arches; ■ and througb the other (even you look 



©ot into the court. The whitenefs ^>" the minaret is relieved by 



a cornice of d,ark~ granite between the irches, and alfo by its dome, 



the ilone of which is of a reddilh tinge. Again, thefs arches, vt/ith 



Ihe interyening cornice, and the balu[lrades furroundiog the bafe» 



ment of the dome, give a lightnefs to t -e minarets which their bulk 



would have preveBted, bad not its eifed oeen counterbalanced by the 



Hill! and t.^ifte of the arcbite£l. The .Tiinarets have alfo a fine 



relief from, the body of the work, the ilone of which is welbpoliPned 



and of a dark colour. The outfide of the .Ergedome is white and 



the, domes of the minarets^ the fmall ctipola^^ and baluftradesj of a 



reddiih coloured ilone. 



The general llyle of this tomb h grandeur and fimplicity 



