1 4 TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PUNJAUB.
2 Jehangheer, are said to repose. The streets of
3 Lahore, like those of the native towns of India,
4 are narrow and dirty. The houses are lofty, and
5 are for the most part surrounded by dead walls,
6 which give a sombre aspect to the town, scarcely
7 relieved by the bustle of the bazaars, where
8 valuable merchandise of every description is
9 crowded into mean and incommodious edifices.
10 There are not many gardens within the town,
11 but the vicinity abounds with luxuriant orchards
12 scattered amidst masses of ruins.
13 Unrirzvur, situated between the rivers Beas
14 and Ravee, is of somewhat larger extent than
15 Lahore, and from having been the capital, when
16 Runjeet Singh exercised dominion over the Pun-
17 jaub, is now a place of great commercial import-
18 ance. The name of the town is derived from the
19 words Amreta Sarei, or the fount of immortality,
20 the title given to a superb tank constructed by
21 one of the great expounders of the Sikh religion.
22 A temple to Vishnu, one of the Sikh deities,
23 stands upon a small island in the centre of this
24 tank, and is maintained in great splendour by
25 the offerings of pilgrims and devotees. The
26 streets of this town correspond with those of
27 Lahore in style and dimensions, but the archi-
28 tecture of the houses is in rather better taste.
29 Excepting the tank alluded to, there are few
30 public buildings in Umritzur of any consequence.