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THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL.
which states that the gate was erected hy Sultan
Mahmood : unfortunately the date is ohliterated.
There are two or three other ruins of interest in the
fort; but, since the siege, it has been very thinly
inhabited, and allowed to fall into complete dilapi-
dation. The Jumma Musjid, or principal mosque,
is in a rapid process of decay, but still occasionally
used by the faithful for the performance of worship.
There arc some fine remains of the old Rajh Mahal,
or royal palace, a Mohummcdan structure of great
extent; but many of the walls, as well as the roof,
have fallen, and are now overrun with rank weeds of
gigantic growth and jungul grass : an enticing cover
for the bears, leopards, jackals, and lesser animals,
which are here very numerous, and appear to share
such accommodation as the fort offers, upon a most
amicable understanding with the other inhabitants.
Terry, that quaintest of early travellers to India,
gives an amusing account of the " discommodities,
inconveniences, and annoyances/' arising from the
multitude of wild beasts and vermin which fre-
quently disturb the habitations of man in the East.
" The annoyances of these countries," he writes, " are,
first, many harmful beasts of prey, such as lyons,
tygers, woolves, jackalls, with others. Those jackalls
seem to be wild dogs, who in great companies run
up and down in the silent night, much disquieting
the peace thereof, by their most hideous noise.
Those most ravenous creatures will not suffer a man
THE ORIENTAL ANNUAL.
which states that the gate was erected hy Sultan
Mahmood : unfortunately the date is ohliterated.
There are two or three other ruins of interest in the
fort; but, since the siege, it has been very thinly
inhabited, and allowed to fall into complete dilapi-
dation. The Jumma Musjid, or principal mosque,
is in a rapid process of decay, but still occasionally
used by the faithful for the performance of worship.
There arc some fine remains of the old Rajh Mahal,
or royal palace, a Mohummcdan structure of great
extent; but many of the walls, as well as the roof,
have fallen, and are now overrun with rank weeds of
gigantic growth and jungul grass : an enticing cover
for the bears, leopards, jackals, and lesser animals,
which are here very numerous, and appear to share
such accommodation as the fort offers, upon a most
amicable understanding with the other inhabitants.
Terry, that quaintest of early travellers to India,
gives an amusing account of the " discommodities,
inconveniences, and annoyances/' arising from the
multitude of wild beasts and vermin which fre-
quently disturb the habitations of man in the East.
" The annoyances of these countries," he writes, " are,
first, many harmful beasts of prey, such as lyons,
tygers, woolves, jackalls, with others. Those jackalls
seem to be wild dogs, who in great companies run
up and down in the silent night, much disquieting
the peace thereof, by their most hideous noise.
Those most ravenous creatures will not suffer a man