A. VIEW o f the PALACE of the NABOB AS-OPHxrt OOWXAH at LUCKNOW.
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vènience, or the property of thisjclafs of people are^ tindded;,
little attended to,^either» by.greatj mdnVoll their férvantsq the
elephanfhimferf is-frequently known tÖ |e:ihfirately more attentive
to them as-he paffe§£*and to children in particular^ - *:
T he palace.of the Nabob is on a high bank, ’near to the
river, and commanding an extenfive view both o f the Goorqty
and the country on..the eaitern fiffei < A/fmafl, partpofi itiwas
raifed by the late?Nabob, Sujahfuf Dqwlah, the father of Afoph
ul Dowlah. : It has however, been greatly extended by the
prefent prince, who has ere&ed larger cgtuts. within the falls',
arid" a durbar, where he receives publicly all pèriÖns thafc are
prefented. This, durbar is a range of'three arcades', parallel
lien each other, and fupported: by columns in the. .Tvlooriih
-flylé * thé ceiling,. arid the whole o'f this; is:beautifully gilt,
.and painted with ornaments and'flowers. It is afeended by
fleps from a flower garden, laid out in the fame manner as'.We
;fee. in. Indian paintings, which are. all inrfquare plans’, in which
fare planted flowers of thé ftrongeft .feent j f o ftrorig,<-indeed,
.as to be offenfive at firft to 'the nerves? qf a;European. The
exterior of the building is not to be! commended: itireminded
m k p f what I had imagined might .be the iflyledafTa. BaroriJsd
;caftle in Europe, aboüt the twelfth century; .Clofe to/the
palace, divided;by a narrow- dirty or duftyi-road a-garden,
. lately made by the .Nabob, walled round, and af each angle
.is a grand pavilion, built of.brick, and qoVered with*-chunam
orfflaicco, and painted with ornaments, which at a little