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reservoir opposite the Mahmud gate, or more frequently called the 

 Punchukkee gate, from the circumstance of a small water mill be- 

 ing attached to the reservoir, the waters supply the fountains of the 

 Fuqeer Shah Moozaffer's tomb; another handsome aqueduct supplies 

 the cistern within the Begumpoora gate, this owes its origin to the 

 conscientious scruples of a soucar, in whose hands had been placed 

 the property of many who had fallen in the disastrous battle of 

 Panniput ; these were consecrated to the public welfare by forming 

 this noble aqueduct ; owing to the disinclination of the government 

 to allow his conduit to pass too close to that of the Fuqeera he was 

 necessitated to carry it through the shoulder of the hill east of the 

 Begum tomb at an additional cost it is said of a lac of Rupees ; there 

 are various other conduits to be seen near the Delhi gate, and also 

 upon the southern side of the town. In Aurungzebe's time a large 

 marsh or tank extended the whole length of the northern wall, 

 but the exhalation and dampness it occasioned proving unhealthy, 

 he caused that portion that immediately lay in front of his palace to 

 be filled in and converted into fields and cultivation, leaving the 

 small portion beyond the Delhi gate, known as the Khyzree Talao ; 

 it is much to be regretted that the whole had not been filled in ; 

 until within a few years, a considerable quantity of water was con- 

 fined in the hollow lying between the palace of Aurungzebe and the 

 Mecca gate, but the bund was purposely destroyed, lest the town 

 should be flooded ; it was called the Kunwul or Lotie's Talao and 

 was fed by a spring ; the stream that flows from it passes by the 

 Jumma musjed to the S. W. angle of the wall, under which it 

 passes, and almost directly after ; falls into the Gunda nulla. The 

 rice grown upon the marsh lands is celebrated for its excellent 

 quality, and is in great request. 



Census attempt at obtaining a census having proved 



abortive through the insuperable difficulties thrown 

 in my way by those only who could have assisted me, I have been 

 reduced to the necessity of depending upon conjecture for my results, 

 but this has been effected in so guarded a way that I have little 

 hesitation in saying that as far as a proximation may be relied on, 

 it will be found perfectly trustworthy. The plan I adopted was to 

 count very carefully the whole of the houses, dividing these into 



