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CHAPTER VIII. 
DELHI.- — TOGLOKABAD.— A HINDOO TEMPLE. 
We saw much more of Delhi on our return than on 
our upward journey; for we made a longer stay there. 
One of the most striking objects in the modern city, 
though by no means one of the most magnificent, 
is the tomb of Sufter Jung, a Mahomedan chieftain 
of some repute, who died about the middle of the 
last century. This structure is ranked among the 
best architectural works of New Delhi. It is sur- 
rounded by a large garden, enclosed by a high wall, 
above which the dome and minor cupolas of the 
edifice appear with agreeable effect, when beheld from 
the plain without. The body of the building is com- 
posed of light red stone tessellated with white mar- 
ble, beautifully contrasting its pure bright surface 
with the dull red of the mass which forms the 
monument. The dome is entirely of white marble, 
rising majestically over the body of the edifice, and 
relieved against a clear blues sky which seems to be 
its native element, as if it were the aerial abode of 
some guardian angel watching the slumbers of the 
dead, reduced to its primitive dust in a capacious sar- 
cophagus below. The entrance into the gardens is 
through a handsome square building, in which are 
