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which displayed a good suite of rooms, boarded, and divided by doors 
that turned on pivots. The eastern front next the river had a commo¬ 
dious balcony, which projected sufficiently to command a view of as 
much of the valley as was visible from any one point, comprehending 
all the space from the bridge, far beyond the castle of Lam’Ghassatoo, 
north: nor, on the south, could any thing pass the palace that was not 
equally subject to our view, which was at length terminated by a very 
handsome cluster of pines growing opposite to Wangoka, and nar¬ 
rowing the valley almost to a point. 
To the south of the palace, on the road by which we had arrived at 
it, we thought there was little worthy of our notice; our excursions 
were therefore commonly directed up the valley; and during our re¬ 
sidence at Tassisudon, not an evening elapsed (unless when prevented 
by rain) in which we omitted to walk. 
The Raja’s stud of horses, which lay a short mile towards the north, 
was one of the first objects that claimed our notice. It was well 
stocked with a choice collection of domestic and foreign cattle ; yet 
the visitor, if he expects to find a breed of Arabs, Persians, or any of 
the various casts of Toorkees, Tazees, or Magennes, so much esteemed 
in Hindostan, will be completely disappointed; but, in their stead, he 
will see the Tangun, a strong and active sort of poney, which I have 
already described, admirably adapted to the country, and such as a 
traveller will not hesitate to prefer, in these regions, to the most valu- 
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able and beautiful of the species. 
The Raja’s stud contained also a variety of mules and Tartar geld¬ 
ings, both much esteemed for their docility and strength, which has con- 
