8 NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder — as 
family and is the highest in the point of blood of all the 
reigning families of India. On the land there are two 
royal palaces adjoining each other, and there are two 
islands with palaces in the lake. Imagine when Aladdin 
said to the Genius, “Genius, I command you to build 
MCA. Palace welch ; and let this palace be every way 
worthy to receive the Princess Badroulboudour my bride. 
I leave the choice of materials to yourself, that is to say, 
whether it shall be of porphyry, of jasper, of agate, of 
lapis lazuli; or of the finest and greatest variety 4 
of marbles.” ‘Then there sprang up these J 
palaces, both old and new pos- 
sessed of the varying qualities 
of whiteness that are in pearls, 
moonstones, and clouds in a 
newly clear sky. 
On the’ shore is the 
Sujjangarh palace and adjoin- 
ing it the new palace, just fin- 
ished. But these, dazzling as 
they are in all their’ splendor, 
have not the intimate beauty of 
the little island palaces. 
island is 
The 
southern named the 
‘‘Sujjangarh palace, and adjoining is the new palace.’’ 
‘(There is the same Arabian Night airiness,’’ 
£ 
‘‘The northern island is called the , 
Lagniwas Palace Island.’’ 
Jagmandar and the palace there 
was built in 1640, though some 
of the buildings are of much 
later date. Here on this island 
lived Shah Jahan, then Prince 
Khurram when in revolt against 
his father, the Emperor Jahangir. 
Later in 1857 in the Gul Mahal 
or domed pavilion the refugee 
ladies from Neemuch were 
given protection. 
‘“Here is Gul Mahal, where The northern island is 
the refugee ladies were called the Lagniwas Palace Is- 
given protection.’’ ‘4 
land, and on it there are several 
Still there is always the same 
Arabian Night airiness, and the white islands float as 
gracefully now as ever before on the calm blue water. 
Sir Frederick ‘reves says “Step from the boat into a 
marble square dazzled with. the sun! Pass across a 
piazza that overshadowing mango trees and palms fill 
palaces, quite modern. 
oe 
eee float: ‘as 
on the calm blue water.’? 
gracefully now’ as “ever before 
with eternal twilight,and then a doorway in a wall will lead 
into an unsuspected garden, brilliant with blossoms and 
musical with the dripping of a fountain. Here is‘a bath- 
ing pool hidden among flowers, and a cloister fit for 
nothing harsher than trailing silk. Look up, and there 
is a white balcony with slender columns—it may be 
Juliet’s balcony—hanging over a clump of orange trees, 
