The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-02-27

, Mott MaSJid, or pearl mosque, the
private chapel of the Mogul emperors.
The dazzling WhitenesS of this lovely
mosque is simply binding. The Indian
sky is a pure azure. and against it you
see three rows of beautifully carved
columns and arches rooted over with q
row of exquisite cupolas, crowned by
three lofty domes. During the mutiny
this mosque was used by the English as
a hospital. The public audience room
is 1872 feet leng by a wide. There is an
alcove, inlaid with precious stones,
: where the emperors sat. WeneXt visited
the palace of Shah Jehan. Here there
is Il small white marble mosque which
was for the emperor and his family
The carving is in relief and the walls
and pillars are all inlad with precious
and seni-preciouS stones. The Wo-
mems apartments are dream, with the
palace OF glass. an oriental bath, and
the walls and ceiling decorated with
thousands of convex mirrors in pat
terms. We Went again that day to the
TAI. which | shall not speak of at any
great length. II is the most renown-
ed, and beautiful building in the world
1t took 1000 men over il years to build
it, and it is said to be absolutely per
feet, Words could not describe it. The
garden Of lemon and orange and other
strees, and flowers, and the plasb of the
know this was built by Shah Jelan for
his queen, and they lie side by side n
marble tombs m.uld with rich gems.
The pierced marble screens which sur
round the tomUs are of the most ex-
QuiSite workmanship. There was
picnic party of IlindoOs there in every
variety of bright holiday attire: and
grouped against the whiteness of the
mosque and the marble payements, it
was bewildering.
We went the next morning to Sikan-
dra, six miles, to see the tomb of the
Emperor Akbar This is almost equal
to The Tai. 1t stands in garden of Is
acres and is entered by a splendid gate
way OF red sandstone. The building is
five stories high, richly carved, with
towers at every angle. 1t could have
been built nowhere but in India. 1t
took thousands of men 20 years to build
this. The height Of the highest part is
100 feet We next went to CaWnpoor
and visited the memorial church where
so many OF the victims of the mutiny
lie buried. Tie church is built on the
site of NheelerS entertainments i'll
1857. Here OH the bank of the Ganges
are the memorial gardens including
the famous well. The gardens cover
about % acres. over the fatal well a
mound has been raised, crowned by
handsome octagonal wall, with iron
gates. In the centre Of the enclosure
is the figure of an angel in white mar
bic, by Marochetti, with arms crossed
upon her breast, each hand holding a
palm branch. Over the aTchWav of the
gate are the words: These are they
which came out of great trbulation'
And around the wall which marks the
circle of the we'll, we read: Sacred to
the perpetual memory of a great COM
pany OF Christian people, chiefly women
and children, who on this spot were
cruelty murdered by the orders of the
rebel Mana Dhundirpanth of Bither,
and cast the dying with the dead into
the we'll below on the 18th of July
1851"
In the gardens are two cemeteries,
with monuments to those who were
massacred or died at Cawnpoor during
the mutiny. These dreadful things
: happened only one day before the ar
rival of Ilavelock's small force when
the Mana fled. Four days later com
plete reinforcements arrived. Gavin
poor is famous for its conjurors and
snake charmers. We went next to
Lucknow. We first visited the resi-
dency made famous by the stirring
events of the mutiny. These buildings
occupy land :, $50 by 200 feet. The first
thing that met my eye was an obelisk
erected by Lord Nolthbrook in memory
Of the native officers and sepoys who
died near this spot, nobly doing their
duty. 1t is an intensely interesting
! place. The old walls are left Just as
| they were when, for three months, three
thousand men, women and children
were Shut up here in subterranean
} rooms and passages; only about thou
| sand were left when help came. We
next went to Bewarres and spent one
forenoon on the Ganges slowly rowing
, up and down before the many CHATS, as
, the long flights Of steps are called that
lead down to the water There were
thousands of pilgrims there from all
; over India. Many dead bodies are
brought there to the burning CHAT. We
saw them lying there with their feet in
the water while they got the wood
| ready to burn them. When we came
back they were burning.
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