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2 *i#ere expremn ei wonder at the prooflwaii, and of good will towards
3 us } but the crowd and bustle was too great to adnut of any ^"t'TYf
4 observations. At length we reached the house prepared for us, and
5 were usliercd into an apartment, spread with carpets and felts for sit-
6 ting on. Here we were seated on the f^round in the Persian manner,
7 and trays ot swe< f meats were plticed betbre us. They ronsisted of
8 sugaretl almonds, ami there was a loal of '^nfjar for making sherbet in
9 the midst of tiidi tray. iSoon atter, our conductora obi>erved tfayq^ we
10 required rest, and withdrew.
11 We luitl now time to examine our lodging, which liad been built
12 by the King's. Aubtiaur liaiishee (chief butler), not very long belbie he
13 went into rebellion. It was large, and though quite unfinished, it
14 was a muich loote (SawmaaA house than could have been expected,
15 •i a tiMiii wlilflb ia not the fiaied reridence of the couft» and whae
16 many- of the prindpel nobility were finroedt during their stay, to put
17 ' up with very mean dwellings. Die whole of our premiaea conaiated
18 of'a flqoai% endoaed by a rampart of earth, m unbumed bridk, within
19 which waa another aquaie^ endoaed by high waUa. The space be-
20 tween the waUa'andthe iampart waa idivided into manyoourta, in
21 one of whiah waa e little gaRlen» where there were amall treea* - foae
22 bushes, stock gilliflowers, and other flowers. Ihe inner square- waa
23 divided hy a high wall into two courts, and at one end of each was e
24 boose, containing two large lu^jis c^the whole he^it of the buUding:
25 ' on each side of the halls were many smaller rooms in two stories,
26 some of which looked into the halls. One of the courts contained no
27 other building ; but the three remaining sides of the other court were
28 occupied by apartments. All the windows in this last court were
29 furnished with sashes of open wootl work, which, while they admitted
30 the air and light, prevented the room from being seen into from
31 without ; and there were fire-pliicen in several of the rooms in both
32 courts. VV'hat struck us most, was the cellars mtended for a retreat
33 from the heats of summer. There was one under each house: one
34 was only a spacious and haadsoiiio hall i>l burnetl brick and mortar j
35 but tiie other was exactly of the same plan aud dimensions as the
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