Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . gi-cian had brought to his feet, saddled and bridled,, to viewthe ruins. The sun had scarcely risen, and wise travellers,like Mr. Borie, always take the cool hours for their sight-seeing. But Mr. Borie is a very wise traveller, who allowsnothing to pass him, and so our party divided. Mr. Law-rence said he would wait for the General, and the earlyrisers, under the escort of two young ladies Avho had been 606 GRANTS TOUR passengers on the Venetia, with Mr. Borie leading the vanon his white pony,
Grant's tour around the world; with incidents of his journey through England, Ireland, Scotland .. . gi-cian had brought to his feet, saddled and bridled,, to viewthe ruins. The sun had scarcely risen, and wise travellers,like Mr. Borie, always take the cool hours for their sight-seeing. But Mr. Borie is a very wise traveller, who allowsnothing to pass him, and so our party divided. Mr. Law-rence said he would wait for the General, and the earlyrisers, under the escort of two young ladies Avho had been 606 GRANTS TOUR passengers on the Venetia, with Mr. Borie leading the vanon his white pony, set out to view the ruins. To have seenall the ruins of this stupendous j)lace would have includeda ride around a circumference of seven miles. There weresome ruins well worth a study. We went first to the quad-rangle, a court-yard 433 feet by 366 feet. On one side ofthis is the mosque, which is a noble building, suffering,however, from the overshadowing grandeur of the princi-pal gateway, the finest, it is said, in India, looming up outof the ruins with stately and graceful splendor, but dwarf-. EUINS OF FUTTEHPOOR SIKRA. ing the other monuments and ruins. This was meant asan arch of triumph to the glory of the Emperor, Kingof Kings,- Heaven of the Court, and Shadow of are many of these inscriptions in Arabic, a transla-tion of which I find in Mr. Keenes hand-book. The mostsuggestive is this:—Know that the world is a glass wherethe favor has come and gone. Take as thine own nothingmore than what thou lookest upon. We were shown onechamber where the body of a saint reposes, and also a AROUND THE WORLD. 607 tomb with a marble screen work of the most exquisitecharacter. The prevailing aspect of the architecture wasMoslem, with traces of Hindoo taste and decoration. Themosque, the tombs, and the gateway are all well one of the mosques were a number of natives in prayer,who interrupted their devotions long enough to show usthe delicate tracing on the walls
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