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firs. The rocks had abfolutely the ap- 
pearance of having been feorched by, the 
extreme heat of the preceding days.— 
Every fhrub and bufh was burnt up and 
withering : the ftrawberries were quité 
ripe at a time in the feafon when, but for 
this excefiive heat, they could fcarce have 
been in flower. 
Drammen is a trading town, fituate 
about twa miles from the mcuth of the 
-xiver of the fame name. Its houfes ftand 
almoft all clofe on the banks of the river. 
Its principal exports are planks, {quared 
logs, and iron ; the planks going chiefly 
to England, the logs to Holland, the iron 
to Denmark and Holftein. 
The road from Drammen to Helle- 
beck paflesover a high hill, which, from 
the beauty of the profpect {een from it, 
has the name of Mount Paradife. The 
interior frata of this hill confilt of an 
hard white marble, fomewhat fealy, of 
which is the marble of that which is 
called Frederick's Church, at Copenha- 
gen. The ae i have, however, been 
hittle wrought fince. At the greateft 
depth of the principal quarry is a pyra- 
mid of marble, ereéted in commemoration 
of the vifit of Frederick V. to this place, 
in the courfe of his journey in Norway. 
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For the Monthly Magazine. 
account of the laff ANNIVERSARY of 
the GREAT MOGULS ACCESSION fo 
the THRONE. 
HE following account of the Jufhun, 
] or anniverfary of the Mogul King’s 
acecflion to the throne, given by Meer 
Umun, a native of Dihlee, may prove 
amufing to our readers; and give fome 
notion of the etiquette in Eaftern courts ; 
though it apparently defcribes what that 
feftivai was, when the empire was in the 
zenith of its pewer and iplendour rather 
than what it is in the prefent humble con- 
dition of the houfe of Tymoor. 
The whole courts of the palace, includ- 
ing the royal gardens, Hyat-Bukfh and 
Muhtab-Bagh, which lie withia the fort, 
- are covered with carpets of filk (galecz) 
and ef cotton (/butrunjee) furrounded with 
tapeftry, and fhaded wih canopies which 
are adorned with fringes of pearls and gold- 
thread. From the Diliee gate of the Fort, 
to the Dillee gate af the city, towards the 
chonk of Sadooilan Khan; and from the 
pee gate of the Fort, to the Lahouree 
gate of the city, which includes the 
Chandnee Chouk, all the inhabisants of 
the Bazar cover the doors and walls of 
their fhops with cloth of ecli (Badiz) 
and of filver (7a/4) cx with flowered fiik 
Anniverfary of the Great Magul’s Acceffion 
[ Jan. 1, 
(kumkhab) and a fine cotton . cloth 
(ufawuree) which are fringed with cloth 
and thread of geld. 
felves are alfo dreffed in their fineft appa- 
rel ; and in fhort, the fame {plendid fcene 
is exhibited in all the fireets and bazars 
of thecity. So that, when the fun reaches 
the meridian, and the light is refleGted 
on both fides, the eye of man is unable to 
View thofe objects without being dazzled. 
Below the windows of the Oétagon Tower 
(mecfummin booej) on the fandy bank of 
the Jumna, from the Tirpouleea (or three 
arches) of Suleem-gurh, to Bulund Bagh, 
which is the {pace of one kas, large tents.are 
pitched, of a red cloth, the ule of which 
is peculiar to the reyal houfehold ; and 
the whcle {pace is covered with beauti- 
ful carpets. In this place are colleéted 
fingers, male and female, mimics and- 
players on various inftruments, as the 
Been (deferibed in As. Res. I, 295) the 
The people them- - 
Rhubab (a kind of flute) the Chung and - 
Qanon and the Kutkanal. All thefe mu- 
ficians are drefled in thowy attire, and 
exert their various talents. In the courts 
of the Deewen Khas and Deewan Am 2re 
three canopies, -one over the other. The 
fift is cleth of gold, with fringes and 
ftrings of gold thread. The fecond is of 
velvet of Kathan on which are embroidered 
in gold, the reprefentation of gardens, 
ponds and orange groves ; the flrings of 
it are half of goid and half of filk. The 
third and uppermoft is of royal f{cailet, 
embroidered with gold, with fringes half 
of gold, and ropes of filk. In thofe 
halis and courts are fpread carpets of 
Shal; of foreign manufacture (wulayutee). 
Over the im; crial throne is extended a ca- 
nopy, woven with gcld, with a fringe of 
pearls, fupported on pofts which are gilt 
and fet with jewels. Re cpohtories of ef- 
fence («turdan) and centers of gems and 
azure are placed in every cerner, efpeci- 
ally near the royal perfon, fo that the 
olfaétcry organs of all who appruach are 
delighted. In fhort, to form an adequate 
conception of this {plendid feene, it mult 
be actually beheki; for both defcrip'i ion 
and fancy fall fhort a the truth. 
~ When bis Maicfty, the thadow of deity, 
drefled in his imperial robes, his head, bis’ 
neck, his arms and hands adorned wate 
jewels, as on tne Nourez, feats himfelf on 
the throne. al! the drums of the Nugaik- 
hane are beat, in token cf giadnefs ; and 
muficians, in number theufands of thou- 
fands, with one voice.hail the mona:ch’s 
preience. Th» Wuzcer of the Empire and 
the Meer Bukhthee (or commander in 
chief of the forces) fland before his Mo- 
jefly 
memt Gal 
