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2 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS.
3 of a chourie, or yak’s tail,* which he keeps waving
4 backwards and forwards in his right hand; The
5 Griffith is placed under a small arch of gold tinsel, 1
6 inlaid with precious stones, and presented a few
7 years ago by the Maharajah, at an expense of
8 50,000 rupees; the rest of this apartment is
9 covered with rich carpets and strewed with dowel's,
10 particularly those of the jessamine, or chumbelec.
11 The doors and walls are gilded and ornamented ;
12 while the light descending from the lofty dome has
13 a pleasing effect on the whole. Above this there
14 are other apartments, with Verandahs running
15 round the whole circuit of the building. From
16 the top of the building itself, the view is extensive:
17 and here you obtain a nearer view of the gilded
18 dome and minars, on which vast, and almost in¬
19 credible sums of money have been expended by
20 Runjeet and his sirdars. Facing this temple, on
21 the north side, but not in the water, stands the
22 temple of the Ukakes ; these are a race of religious
23 fanatics, who inhabit various portions of the Pun¬
24 jab, but. found in greatest numbers about Umritair :
25 and the Manja country lying between Lahore and if
26 the river Gharra: in this district, as already
27 noticed, is Taruntara, their chief city. The Jikalee
28 is a wild-looking character, displaying in his coun¬
29 tenance a mixture of cunning and cruelty; these
30 two propensities are accordingly the leading im¬
31 pulses of his life. The Ukalees are ostensibly
32 * Dos grwibiem of the Himalaya#.