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4m SERINGAPATAM. 
ing these articles, between the son of the minister and the nephews 
of the deposed Sultaun, though the former is now the highest in 
rank; but the remembrance of what the family of the latter once 
were, induced me to pay them every attention. I gave to each of 
them a shawl of superior quality. 
Accompanied by Major Symons 1 visited the Lolbaug, a country 
palace, situated at the other extremity of the island on which 
Seringapatam is built. It was begun by Hyder, and finished in 1 780, 
when he was fighting in the Carnatic. He never returned to inhabit 
it. It is of two stories high, and by no means an inelegant building. 
The ground floor seems to have been occupied by the attendants, 
and is very public ; above, are some excellent apartments, and 
balconies opening into courts, for the Sultaun to sit in, and give 
audience. It was prettily painted; but being too gloomy to be 
lighted up well for European entertainments. Colonel Close has 
whitewashed a considerable part of it. It is situated in a garden, 
which might have been handsome before the first siege of Seringa- 
patam by Lord Cornwallis, when it was filled with avenues of 
cypress, but at present it is very ugly. Many fruit trees are culti- 
vated in it, but they are regularly planted, and have each a small 
canal to conduct water to the roots. A Mussulmaun has no idea of 
the beauties of nature. 
Adjoining to the Lolbaug is the mausoleum of Hyder, where rests 
all that was royal of this Mussulmaun dynasty, Hyder himself, his 
wife, and Tippoo ; w^ho lie under tombs of black marble, elevated 
about eighteen inches from the ground. They are covered with 
rich cloths, and have a canopy over them. The whole building, 
with its dome, its brilliantly polished black marble columns, and 
