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by a lucky find in walls, or wells, or secret niches. 
Some are exceedingly artful and ingenious in their 
ways and means of discovering these deposits of trea- 
sure, and I believe considerable skill can alone render 
it a very profitable trade, unless the goddess Luchmi 
should condescend to guide the seeker. 
Beyond the walls of Deig the country is for some 
miles dotted with the remains of gardens and basins of 
water, and many very handsome buildings. The sub- 
ject of the engraving, which illustrates or is illustrated 
by this article, is one of these. It is a picturesque object, 
though when nearly approached it loses much of its 
importance and beauty, being built of brick, overlaid 
with white plaster to imitate marble, of which it has all 
the resplendent appearance when viewed at a distance. 
The building is called the Shrine of Mohummed Kahn, 
a Mussulman chief, who figured in the history of these 
provinces contemporary with Afrasiab, and who after 
death became sainted ; but for what cause I was un- 
able to ascertain. His life certainly does not appear 
to have displayed any great piety, for history repre- 
sents him to have been a man of a naturally ferocious 
disposition, debased by intemperance and the reckless 
indulgence of a vengeful temper and inordinate avarice. 
Of this the following passage will be sufficient evidence : 
it presents a striking picture of the insubordination 
and intrigue which have nowhere been carried to a 
more fearful height than in the government of the 
kingdom of Delhi. The flux and reflux of power, the 
