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MYSORE, CANARA, AND MALABAR. 
after having forced one gate, would have been exposed to a fire CHAPTER 
from all quarters before they could have reached another. But 
there are no ditches between the different gates, nor even without 
the outer one ; and, if the enemy obtained possession of the works 
above the first gateway, they had a ready communication with all 
the others ; as our troops found when they stormed the place, 
which they did at this part of the works. In the buildings of this 
entrance is a dungeon, amply provided with all the horrors that 
usually attend such places. 
The garrison contained well constructed magazines, and many Palace, 
huts for the accommodation of the troops ; but no good building, 
except the mahal or palace. Although this is composed of mud, it 
is not without some degree of magnificence. On the upper story, 
it contains four halls, each comprising two balconies of state for 
the prince, and each balcony faces a different Cutchery , or court 
for giving audience. No persons, except a few trusty guards, were 
admitted into the hall with the Sultan : but at each end of the 
court was erected a balcony for the officers of the highest rank. 
The inferior officers occupied a hall under the balcony of the 
prince, open in front, and supported by columns as high as the roof 
of the upper story. The populace were admitted into the open 
court, in which there were fountains for cooling the air. At each 
end of the halls are private apartments, small, mean, and inconve 
nient. The public rooms are neatly painted, and ornamented with 
false gilding. The offices are mean ; and the bath consists of a 
small room, in which a person may sit, and have water poured over 
him. The same bath seems to have served both the prince and his 
women, as it communicates with their apartments by a small court, 
which contains the huts that served for kitchens, and for lodging 
the female slaves. There were two apartments for the ladies. One, 
for the principal wife, contains a cutchery, where, like the Sultan 
she gave audience to the concubines, and to the ladies of the Mus- 
sulman chiefs. The other apartment belonged to the concubines. 
