FUTTEHPORE SIKRI. 
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and tombs which are scattered in all directions along 
the chain. The plate gives a representation of the 
country on the south of the Biana range between 
Futtehpore Sikri and Agra, and not far from the 
scene of the story which I am about to relate. 
Among the ruins here alluded to are those of an 
ancient mausoleum, commonly known by the name of 
THE JAOD BHAE ; 
though why so called none can explain, since the 
extreme antiquity of the building has left, neither by 
history nor tradition, any account or fair conjecture ot 
its origin, the date of its construction, or of the rank 
or nation of him in honor of whom it was erected. 
From time immemorial it continued to be the resort 
of the religious, both among Hindoos and Mussul- 
mans, who worshipped the unknown saint with equal 
devotion, until the occurrence of which I am about to 
speak raised in their minds some awkward appre- 
hensions lest the place should happen to be tenanted 
by a race of spirits inimicable to those whom they 
were accustomed to invoke within its walls. 
The Jaod Bhae, though by no means an extensive 
building, was of elephantine stability, upon the plan 
of an octagon, having a solitary chamber within, the 
breadth of which was something less than the thick- 
ness of its walls, and these were very many feet of 
solid masonry. It was raised upon a terrace about 
five feet in height, and was covered by a massive 
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