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2 CHAP. DL .
3 OF THb'gBBAT.
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5 THE only class of inhabitants that remains to be described is
6 composed of the great; under which denoniinalion, I include
7 all the Dooraunee chiefs, and the hMds of the trIlKs, with tiie princi-
8 pal persons who follow them to Court, and ail the Persians and
9 Taujiks who hold offices about the Kin^. The first classes of these
10 iK^leSf occasionnlb- reside at their castles ; but that is only when thiey
11 are af \ ariancewith the King, or during short periods, when the
12 Court i^: in the neif^^hbonrhooJ ; and they can make expeditions to
13 their own castles to avoid the heat ol summer, or to enjoy the amuse-
14 ments of hunting. Their permanent residence is always with the
15 Court.
16 Their honses arc on tlie plan of those which I have seen at Pes-
17 hawer *; but, their resificnce at that city being only temporary, they
18 are not so magniticeiiL there, as in other parts of the country.
19 Iliev are all enclosed by high walls, and contain (besides stables,
20 lodgings for servants, &c) three or four different courts, gcnci ally
21 laid out in gardens, with ponds and fountains. One side of each
22 court is occupied by a building, comprising ^ arious small apartments
23 in two or three stories, and some large hails, which occupy the mid-
24 dle of the building, tor its whole height. The halls are supported by
25 tall wooden pillarb, and Mooribli arches, carved, ornamented, ami
26 painted ixke the rest of the lialL The upper rooms open oo the haik.
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