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it. These are said to be the graves of Begum Punchbee and 

 her five daughters. Opposite the gateway is a miniature mus- 

 jid 10 feet square, and 15 feet high, with carved stone minarets. 

 Alongside this is a house the main room of which is 

 divided by pillars into six spaces about 9 feet square, each of 

 which is covered by a small dome. On the northern side 

 there is a similar dome over a little chamber which projects 

 like a bay window from the rest of the room. This has 

 windows on three sides and commands a fine view of the 

 fort and town in the plain below. The roof of the house is 

 surrounded by a parapet loop-holed for musketry, and was 

 approached by an external staircase on the west side, part of 

 which has fallen down. At the north-east angle of the 

 enclosure stands a curious little building only 7§ feet square, 

 and 8 feet high, which consists of a dome supported by four 

 stone pillars. The two northern pillars are of the same 

 pattern ; the other two are of a plainer design, and are differ- 

 ent from each other. The inside of the dome is plastered, 

 and ornamented with scrolls and flower borders such as are 

 usually seen on Mahomedan buildings. In the centre of the 

 enclosure there is a masonry tank for holding water, which 

 measures 10 yards square on the outside, and stands 5 feet 

 above the level of the ground. To the south of this is a 

 circular mound faced with stone, in the centre of which an 

 old cannon is mounted. The breech has been blown away 

 just below the touch-hole, so the construction of the gun can 

 be well seen. It is made of twelve longitudinal iron bars each 

 about li inches square, surrounded by three wrought-iron coils. 

 The inner coil is 1J inches thick, the middle and outer coils 

 each 1 1 inches. The outer coil only extends for 2 feet 7 

 inches from the broken end, and is finished off with an orna- 

 mental border. The gun as it now stands is 20 feet 4 inches 

 long. Its external circumference near the muzzle is 3 feet, 

 at the trunnions 3 \ feet, and at the breech 4 feet 2 inches. 

 Four pairs of eyes for slinging the cannon by means of ropes 



