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3 ^he Empeiw BnAer qMsks id rafrturea <tf the oountiy round JBbs>
4 liaiw^ md. painfi^ in the most ^ammg ooloiiii, the aneniaiiifli and
5 othv wild floww iihafc axwa the meadoHi^ in the deighboiifliaod;
6 ^th all my respect for the accuracy of this illu^rious author^ Xmntt
7 confess I saw nothing to- jnstify-hift deacriptume | but the want <tf
8 those rich prospeots was oompenMted in our eyes by the danddion
9 and other we^, whidi-ave<comnKm in England. I must, however^
10 mention the abundanoe of roses, which struck me much towards the
11 b^inning of summer ; at tliat time, scarcely a beggar or a ragged boy
12 was to be seen, whose hands were not filleti with those flowers.
13 In the gardens, indeed, fiowcrs aic al)uiidLint, and dis|)<)st (l with
14 considerable tauste. A descripium oi one of tluni that hrloiit^nxl to
15 the KincT, and is the fin^t at Pesbawer, will give a true, tiiough £»-
16 vourable idea of the rest ■ '
17 It is cdiled the ^u^n of Shauh Lemaun. lis sliajn is oljlong. Some
18 handsome structures belonging to the Bulla Hissaur, i'unn ihe south-
19 ern side ; and, part of the hill aa which that castle stands, is included
20 id .the garden : the othear aidee «e inclosed with walls. The north*
21 era past of the garden, which is cot off fixan tlie rert, is laid oitt iri»>
22 gularly, and is fttU «f trees. The nntainder ibnns a sqnate, divided
23 by anrenues, whidi cross eadi other in the middle of die garden*
24 That which rans from east to west, is finrmed by stately rows of alter-
25 nato cypresses and planes; and contains three parallel walks, andtwo
26 long h«ds of poppies. At thereat end of this walk is the entrance;
27 ai^ at the west, a handsome housoi containing a haO, and two other
28 apartments. The space from north to south is also bordered by cy«
29 presses and fdanea, beneath which are boshes, planted very thtdc, cf
30 -fed* white, yellow, and China roses; white and yellow jasmine^
31 flowering cistus, and other flowering shrubs, of which I have seen
32 some in England or India, and others were entirely new to me. At
33 the north end of this opening is a house, such as I have already de*
34 s( ril)L (l. Thrspnce between the walks is filled up by six long ponds,
35 close to each other; and, so contrivccl, that the watt^r is continually
36 falling m little cascades from one to another, and ending in a bason
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