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given a view of the palace o f the Nabob,: begun by Sujab ul
Dowlah, and continued by .his fucceffor Afopb. It is built on
an eminence* and commands a fine view o f the Goomty, and the
country to the eaft, a plain o f five hundred miles, extending as
far as Calcutta.
We lhall now defcend again to the banks o f the Ganges, to G a z i p o b *
Gazipour, a city on the north fide o f the river, twenty miles
below Benares. This place is remarkable for a magnificent
palace, on a clift impending over the river, built by F iz ally
Canon, a governor under the late Sujab u l Dowlah, Nabob of
Oude; The .féveral edifices left by that tranfient favorite iheW
him to have been 'a man o f magnificent tafte. A polygonal
tower ftands.in the river at the bafe of the rock; above that is
a noble pile, ftanding on an arcade with round arches, fitted for
catching the refrefhing breezes. Beneath that, from the very
ihore, rifes another part o f the palace, confifting of three ftories,
with arches o f different architecture, the windows being pointed,
fée Mr. Hodges, vol. i. tab. VII. . F iz Ally was expelled from his
poffelfions by his mailer; had he not, this place would have
fallen to ruins; for no ion ever liyes: in the palace of a de-
ceafed father, but builds a new one for his own ufe. This
is the caufe o f fp many ruins o f magnificent modern foundation.
Sujab ul Dowlab finiihed his fpirited courfe in 1775.
Near this palace is a moft magnificent tomb (Mr, Hodges, Tumb.
vol.-i. tab. VIII.) founded by F iz Ally, as a family fepulchre;.
the centre building is covered with an elegant dome. He was,:
like the founders o f many o f the Egyptian pyramids, difap-’
pointed of his hopes in both o f his fplendid piles. Both the
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