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of noble proportion and profuse ornament. It was 
attached to the Mausoleum, and near it there are the 
remains of a spacious tank or reservoir of water, 
enclosed with masonry, and approached by handsome 
flights of shallow steps and surrounded with pillared 
and domed pavilions after the oriental fashion ; but 
this also has been suffered to fall into decay, and 
certainly from its neglected state, does not readily 
suggest the grateful idea Of its original purpose ; that 
of ablution. 
These already enumerated are the handsomest and 
most perfect of the ancient reliques at Monea; and 
there are very many highly grotesque Hindoo build- 
pigs and ruined temples scattered in all directions 
around the town. The most extraordinary of them 
is a monstrous and ill-shapen image of the gigantic 
lion Singh devouring an elephant, though it certainly 
requires the explanation of the guide before the genus 
of either animal is quite recognizable. The mytho- 
logical fable here embodied I was unable to ascer- 
tain ; my expositor, being a devout Mussulman little 
skilled in the impious lore of pagans, replied to my 
enquiry — 
“ Does heaven rain flowers upon the plains of 
pestilence ? think you the Holy Koran wastes words 
upon these abominations P ” 
It is probable, however, that the figure is a 
representation of some part of the endless history of 
