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MOSELLAY. 
of running water, the work of Kerim Khan. Its name is no longer 
applicable, as it is in a state of ruin, and partakes of the ill fate of most 
of the buildings erected by that chief. This, with the other gardens 
belonging to the governments, are farmed out by the Prince to the 
Shiraz gardeners, who rear fruits, flowers, and vegetables for the city. 
Near the mosque of Shah Mirza Hamza, without the town, are the 
remains of the “ bower of Mosellay,” celebrated by Hafiz and Sir 
William Jones, consisting of a ruined brick building, which probably, in 
the days of the Persian poet, stood in the centre of a garden. 
About five miles to the S. E. of Shiraz, are the remains of a monu¬ 
ment called the Meshed-Mader-i-Sideiman, which are so correctly 
described by Chardin and Thevenot (particularly the latter), that with¬ 
out any other guide than their descriptions, we at once found our way 
to them. They are situated on a hill that branches from the mountains 
which form the N. E. boundary of the plain of Shiraz, and when first 
seen have the appearance of gibbets. The building must originally 
have been a perfect square of an area of 158 feet, in the middle of 
each side of which stood a gate, as the lintels of three are now erect 
and entire. I look upon these ruins as a theft from Persepolis, being 
all of the self same architecture, materials, and sculpture; besides 
which, their parts do not fit each other, and cannot have been originally 
put together in their present state. On the interior of the lintels are 
