Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-08-20

taste of the possessor, are mingled with the
palanauins and bullock carts, open and COW
cred. the chairs, and the cage-llke and
lanthorn-like conveyances of native con-
struction.
There are several fine mosques IN DEM
in good preservation, with high mlnarets
and guided domes. The largest of these
the Jumna Musjid, was built by Shah Je-
han. 1t is splendid and enormous edifice
built of white marble and red granite, and
is considered the largest and handsomest {
place of Mussulman worship in India
Bishop Heber thought the ornamental
architecture of this mosque less florid and
the general effect less picturesque than the
splendid group of the Imambaunah and
its Accomplishments at Lucknow; but the
situation, he says, is far more commanding,
and the size, solidity, and rich materials OF
| the edifce impressed him more than any
thing of the sort he had seen in India.
The MoguPs palace, built by Shah Je-
han, on the west bank of the Jumna, is sur
rounded on three sides by an embattied
wall 30 feet high, and more than one |
mile in circumference. 1t Is place OF no
great strength, the wall being adapted on
| ly for bows and arrows or musketry /" but
as a kingly residence" Bishop Heber
says, " it is one of the noblest that | have
seen. 1t far surpasses the Kremlin, but |
do nos think that in the durability OF Its
materials it equals Windsor. Sentries IN
red coats-sepoys of the Companys regu-
lar army-appear at its exterior; but the
internal duties, and indeed, most of the
! police duties at Delhi, are performed by
The two provincial battalions raised in the
Emperor's name, and nominally under his
orders. These are disciplined very much
like Europeans, but have matchbox guns
and the oriental dress, and their comman-
) ding officer is considered as one OF the do
7 mestics of the Mogul, and has apartments
5 in his palace" The chief hall OF audi
S ence is an open quadrangular terrace OF
e white marble, richly ornamented with mo-
5 sale work and sculptures in relieve; and
: the chapel of Aurenzebe, also OF white
e marble, although small, is Of beautiful
It workmanship altogether the building, even
y in its present neglected state, attests the
e maonifcence of its former occupants. The
h gardens, which were formed by Shah Je
is han. are said to have cost Fl ,00O, ,O0o.-
r Their original character has long beer
IS completely lost, and they now present th'
p appearance of small neat park, with
$ some charming groves of orange trees,
i'd The circuit of the walls finishes at the eas
ut and west sides of this palace, winch form
. the river face in their line.
IS, Among the remarkable edlhces OF Delh
it. are the Tykunas, or underground houses
" which are formed under ground, havln;
" outlets for lights above, and ingress at on
of place only. They are handsomely arrane
se ed and furnished and possessing ten
nd perature of Il deg or even IA deg. belo'
rs, that of the ROOMS at the surface, furnish
pleasant retreat in the hot months OF Apr
od Nav and June. One of the most useft
les works of the Emperor Shah Jehan IN tn
er- city is we'll, excavated out OF the soh
1ut rock upon which the Jumna Muslld
ire bu;H The water is raised from gre;
tic depth bv complicated machinery to sp
ars cession of reservoirs, and fills pond fro
wo which the inhabitants obtain supply IL
ke, principal wheels having been broken, al
,th- the whole machinery out OF repair, 1t W
- restored by the English few years ait
ese they obtained possession of the city.
ded Among the ruins of the ancient city,
rom the east side of the river, are some mau
her leums in good preservation; those OF
ood Emperors Homaion and Mahommed on Sn'
lian and of Jehanara Begun, daughter OF 81
icu- ,Jehan. are the most remarkable. Inc 10
an of Homaion, who died in 1893, Is SOU
gai- with an immense central dome, and
eets, small domes at the corners. The Shf
the fort is on large scale, with high bastl
hich and lofty solid walls The Togluckaba'
yreat also an immense tort, hve or SIX AiAeo
Tays, circumference, with hlgh ana comm
t in ding citadel. The katab Mlnar Is an ei
acle, NOUS column in the centre OF the ola c
cor supposed to have been built by mona
IT. of that name who reigned about lZ0t
) en- It is round tower rising from polyi
sion of So feet in diameter and II SIDES, III
rich STAGES. diminishing in circumference TO
NETS, height of 242 feet. A spiral stalrcas'
with 3S4 steps leads to the summit. 1t is
clad w." saws Bishop Heber, the finest tf
asing / have ever seen, and must, when Its
moth was complete, have been still more be;
No ful" These Patans built like giants,
nages finished their work like jewelers.; yet I'd
state naments. fIorid as they are in their Pr
Y the nlsces, are never thrown away, or aiie
,wers. to intefere with the general severe e,'
arti- solemn character OF their edinees.
timer ace of the present lmperlai i'A
ccom- large but paltry building, IN paa s.y
asion- Italian architecture, ana Win p.-ello
nbling actually leading through ls ooS - :,
being g From the gate OF Agra iloi,i'u., =
th the says Bishop Heber, Is very a"ie4
|, the of desolation: ruins--'oHps al'ei 'ol"
neigh fragments OF briehworA' iIeea'ono' :.
cart and marble-scattefea eVelS"iiete y
le ear soil naturally rocky and barren, W
,atS of a,,l+;va+iop eXcant in one or two small