No. 62.— 1909.] 



NOTES ON DELFT. 



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this part of the world, and a few years will doubtless 

 witness its fall." 



It is but just to Baldseus's artist to state that in wet weather 

 the ground round the fort is all under water and makes quite 

 a pretty pond, much improving the appearance of the fort, 

 whose frowning walls and deep embrasures surmounted by 

 banian and palmyra trees are reflected in it. 



Delft Fort. 





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Plan at ground level. 



The fort has gone a good deal more to decay since this 

 description was written seventy-seven years ago. The number 

 of rooms cannot now be made out, and the flights of stone 

 steps have disappeared ; only the main outlines of the original 

 building are discernible (see plates I., II., and III.). 



I annex a plan of this fort, which was kindly made for me 

 by Mr. George Waddell, Provincial Engineer, Public Works 

 Department. For the photographs from which the plates 

 are engraved, I am indebted to Mr. John Scott, CC.S. 



