Douglas Island news., 1910-10-12

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 be tiresome to repeat. There IS rair museum and some very good hotels As in Mexico most of the important buildings were palaces once.
 The Alan bagh is palace and a gar den about three miles from the city. The palace is solid, square and empty. Here Havelock left his wounded and ba ggage, the first relief. Sir Colin Campbell used it as base and after wards brought his women, children and wounded there before taking them on to Allahabad. Outram held the place for four months until Sir Colin return ed and took Lucknow. Across the road is mosque which was used by both British and natives as fort. There IS little cemetery at Alambagh where Sir Henry Havelock is buried.
 Two miles nearer town is the Chas- bagh where there was same fierce fight ing. Two miles farther on the same road brings you to the Dilkusha,, an- other palace which was occupied by native soldiers when the British arriV- ed. Havelock died here of dysentery. It is also empty and ruin. Farther on is the Martiniere, rambling build ing or group of buildings, that is rather picturesque. The roof has about hun dred towers and cupolas and there are statues of gods and everything else. There is a large dome in the center Tn front is small lake with tower ID the center 130 feet high. The Marten- iere is an asylum or college for children of European parents, but born m India. Martin was Frenchman who cane out with Lally in 1756, deserted, joined the British and rose rapidly. He joined the Dude army for while, then went into business, indigo, gunpowder and bank ing. He started an orphanage, took a native wife, but many of his own pupils preferred marrying him to taking chan ces in the world, as he was rich, not very old and they liked him. His tomb is in the building. There is pretty chapel with stained windows, many good frescoes and statues. There is large bell cast at his own foundry. The natives occupied this building until they were driven out by Sir Colin | Campbell Back of the house is the tomb of Martins native wife and near by the tomb of two officers, one being that of Major Nodson of Nodson's Horse. Winfield park stretches along for the next half mile. After passing 1 through it you reach the Siccander- bach. It is palace and garden about 300 feet square and is surrounded by high, thick wall. It is also empty. The natives held this place, but after she'll ing the place and using mortars the British made a hole in the wall, through which some men of the 93rd Highland. CTS and of an English and Likh regi- ment passed in. The first who went in were nearly all killed. It was hard fight and there were 90 Highlanders killed. In the morning they counted the bodies of over 1000 tepoys, all of them deserters or mutineers from the British army. One little headstone does for the crowd.
 Close by is a mosque built over foot print of Mahomet, which was brought from Arabia. It was lost in 1857, and the mosque is now ruin. 1t was filled with sepoys who kept up hot fire while the British were taking Siccandrabagh.
 Next is large tomb where one of their kings and his family are buried. The natives occupied it as they did every building between it and the resi- dency. There is one mosque after an- other until you reach the girls college which was used then as mess house. Close by is the Kaisubagh, or palace with two magnificent tombs in front of it. There is square here with gate
 way, where General Neill was shot through the head. A monument marks the spot. The clock tower which was
 used by the natives is not far away. About 100 feet from it is the British gate of the residency. My guide was one of Outram's men who helped to re- lieve the garrison and was afterwards at Lucknow until it's final capture by the British. He was old and brown, but lively. After passing through the Bailey gate you have on the right the