and beautiful pavilion oypr thé gateway or principal entrance.
The afcent is by a narrow ftair-cafe, which -leads to three
open rooms, commanding the whole city on the. one fide,
and on the other the. garden and a vaft extent of' country,,
with a view .of the fiver Gogra, which is hot far diftant, and-
which is here a-large rNer. Oppofite the gate is'a mofqüe,
(built by the late Nabob) with three domes j the center one
is very large. The form of thefe domes is perfectly that of,
an egg: fet on its point: the apparent want of firmnefs at the
bafe has, a very unpleafant effedt on the fpeótator ; andhow-
ever difficult it may have been for the architect to, produce,
the confederation of this circumftance does' not make amends
for thé evident want of elegance, nay almoft of propriety.,
. Soon after my arrival I was waited upon by a perfon from
the mother of the prefent Nabob, accompanied with a. number
of difhes of various curries, and pillaws, for my.refrefh-
ment after the fatigue of my journey,'and compliments in
the Mooriih ftyle; indeed, fo high and-dignified, that I
could have almoft fancied myfelf transformed into <in Indian
Nabob; After returning my refpedts in the humbled: ftyle,
and having taken my repaft, which indeed was excellent,
(and would have been better, had it been accompanied with
a glafs or two of good wine inftead of water) I proceeded to
view the city and the remains of the palace, built by the late
Nabob Sujajh ul Dowlah. This is a vaft building, covering
a great extent of ground, having feveral areas or courts, and
many feparaté .buildings in them. . In the Inner court are the
remains of the çlurbar, .or'hall afi public ayd^neè^jaiï elegant
building on.the fametplan ^St-hat already1 mentioned in the
palate at Lùcknow, hut much richer the painting and gildd
ing greafty gone io; decay. There. are*inariy lot &r; building?
dbfigned do® offices,..,0* o^ther lac^f^pésdadons; -/Within' an
interior teoufct is a large extent j<rf|bmilding/;tl% principal irait I
of which is- oh ' the hanks df the )riyet;> When it was!
firft raided rouft have been ^éîy, handforrle. ■ This was thej
part defigned' for the domeftic habifhtion çiÊ'lâ^ jN^bob. Adjoining
are other buildings,'1 defignedj; io f »the Zananah, and I
in which are the remnants of the! gardais :*HTbe' grand entrance
to the palace isr through ,a< large andiihandfame gate,
tvhich was'a place of arms, and there is .ftilha-guard ;kept in
it i: On tHè top of the gate was the fituation of the. nobut, (a
great drum) which is ,an appendage of royalty in India, and
when beaten is heard over a great city. The nobfât Is'.ufhally
beaten at fun-rife and fun-fet. Nearly adjoining Fyzabad
are the remains, of the very ancient city of Oud, which is
faid to have been the firft imperial city of Hindoftan, and
to have been built by their hero Krilhen. In Colonel Dowe’s
tranflation of Feritfha’s hiftory, it is mentioned as the capital
of a great kingdom, one thouiand two hundred and nine
years previous to the Chriftian æra j and it is frequently mentioned
in the famous Hindoo work in Shanfcrite, (die. learned
language of the Bramins) the Mahabaret, under the name, of
Adjudea. Whatever may have been its former magnificence,