. Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : including observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurrences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings. A s V S3 I. mfeeem&n of \ I \:: I >(> (J SCTUIDPTURE on //b K„A-/\)\ f/s/A thbhihtdliyRichara. Av/,-/., I. ?? S 327 In the paintings discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeia, aremany near resemblances to the houses and gardens in India, andmuch oriental costume in other respects; but these real object
. Oriental memoirs : selected and abridged from a series of familiar letters written during seventeen years residence in India : including observations on parts of Africa and South America, and a narrative of occurrences in four India voyages : illustrated by engravings from original drawings. A s V S3 I. mfeeem&n of \ I \:: I >(> (J SCTUIDPTURE on //b K„A-/\)\ f/s/A thbhihtdliyRichara. Av/,-/., I. ?? S 327 In the paintings discovered at Herculaneum and Pompeia, aremany near resemblances to the houses and gardens in India, andmuch oriental costume in other respects; but these real objectswere far more impressive; especially the soldiers guard-rooms andporticos just mentioned, which are so very similar to those at Dhu-boy, that I could not omit the comparison. The western wall and colonnade at Dhuboy are the only re-mains of the ancient fortifications now entire; the other faces hav-ing been razed to the ground by order of a Mahomedan princewho took the town many years ago. The Bhauts, and oral historians of the country, say that thesefortifications, with the tank and Hindoo temples adjoining, costnine crores of rupees; upwards of ten millions sterling. This isnot improbable, when we consider the extent and beauty of thewalls and corridores, the grandeur of the
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