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certainly a great work for an Asiatic, and is considered by the 
natives as one of the wonders of India. Mr. Hodges's view seems 
to have been done from memory. On one side of the bridge is a 
garden and house belonging to the Nawaub of Oude, completely 
going to decay. We passed through a wretched town, and ap- 
proached the walls of the castle, to which we kept close, till we 
reached a gateway ornamented with mosaic work of different 
coloured varnished tiles. It has been beautiful. The courts are 
extensive, and the verandahs on the walls command a very pleas- 
ing prospect, particularly on one side, which overhangs the river 
and the bridge, beyond which are the ruins of the different tombs, 
raising their cupolas among palms and tamarind-trees. The dis- 
tant country is rich in cultivation, and well clothed with wood. 
I regret that the resident magistrate's house was not built here, 
rather than in the bottom, where it is now placed : independently 
of the beauty of the scenery, the profusion of materials on the 
spot would have rendered it more desirable in point of economy. 
The walls of the fort are of solid stone work, and the remains 
of the habitations within serve as a receptacle for debtors. Their 
confinement must be nearly voluntary, for escape seems per- 
fectly easy. Mr. Deane, with a zeal to preserve the remains of 
ancient splendour, that does honour to his taste, has applied for, 
and obtained permission, to put the whole into better repair. Had 
he been magistrate at this place earlier, the castle would have 
been his residence, and would again have risen to its ancient 
splendour. 
Our next visit was to a mosque, now falling to ruins. We entered 
fi large quadrangle, formed on three sides by a colonnade of stone 
