1 264 GARDENS AND GROVES.
2 Among others, that of the Vazir Fateh Khan,
3 which is the largest and best, and contains
4 some old extensive buildings erected by the late
5 Vazir of that name. It was now the Kar-
6 hana, or workshop, where cannons, rifles, and
7 every kind of warlike implement’ was being
8 made to arm and equip the Shah Zada’s levies
9 under the general superintendence of Mr.
10 Lord, who resided there himself with the Khai-
11 baris, whom he had been entertaining before
12 we arrived.* The garden of Ali Mardan
13 * « Years have rolled by since the locality was first used
14 as a retreat from ‘the bustle and turmoils of the day ; but
15 its hours of repose and“ quiet have also long passed, and
16 the clang of the hammer on the anvil, the vociferations of
17 the workmen, and the ribald talk of mercenary soldiers,
18 are now heard where formerly the joyous mirth of some
19 lighthearted inmates of the harem was re-echoed, beforé
20 ‘ grim-visaged war’ drove their masters from home and
21 country. ‘Those from among the Khaibaris are quartered
22 in this agreeable spot, and groups of them were to be seen
23 sauntering along the terraces, their thick hobnail shoes
24 jarring the ear as they scraped the smooth surface of the
25 pavement; whilst their rough-looking features, and tall,
26 gaunt, but athletic figures, armed with the jazail and long
27 knife, or sword and shield, harmonized: with'tfie warlike
28 preparations and the existing state of the gardens, in other